Ours was actually quite good, our school isn't from Merseyside but the school is quite posh and always had a traditional school ball but it is normally late January and combines with a 'Valentines' theme and then at the end of the year they would meet at a fancy venue for a meal to say goodbyes etc.
We had one teacher who had been at the school for years that your parents were even taught by her, well she was the French teacher but for a couple of weeks a year she'd gather all the year groups and teach us all proper ball dancing, forget the moonwalk, the Linx advert dance etc you had to do this dancing to that music.
Every school Year had a dance but your Year11 one was always the built up one, I can safley say i never went any of those dances and was dreading the big one to come up because i felt i needed to go.
Well since our Year group they fell in love with and this teacher left, they decided to book the Palm House in Sefton Park which has a proffessional Prom company, it had champagne, chocolate fountains, buffet, proper music and a dance floor.
We had Pez Tellett from Radio City as our DJ and had a top night, I'm glad the school went for the change and you could see all the teachers also enjoying themselves, so hope they get rid of that awful traditional dance.
Got a video from last night, cue high pitched screaming/singing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SJkCuEriay4