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...must date back to that first dance in sixth grade when he first stepped onto the dance-floor shivering with nervousness. By high school he had become more comfortable with himself, but the anxiety lingered. He remembers showing up with only an hour left at his senior prom because he was nervous...
...what was he nervous about at that prom? It was the formality, he tells himself, the big deal that everyone made about it, the picture sessions, the which-couples-were-showing-up-in-what-color-limo, the need to get dressed up and, more importantly, to bring a pretty date. Again, he brushes aside these memories and perceptions. He's in college now and nobody cares about who's wearing what...
Nanci Griffith, prom princess of the country-folk school, dares to suggest that life is something we can get through--and get through more easily with a rousing or sweet-souled tune. Griffith, 42, might be doomed to good humor, with her chipmunk-cute face and perky soprano. In her new CD, Blue Roses from the Moons, she aims for direct emotion and musical simplicity. The bass-heavy Wall of Sound from her 1994 Flyer has crumbled; this is a live-in-the-studio set with a country feel and, among the sidemen, songwriter Sonny Curtis and the three survivors...
...understandably nervous psychiatrist is lack of job satisfaction--killing the President of Paraguay with a fork just isn't the kick it might once have been--and the fact that he still pines for his high school sweetheart, whom he stood up without explanation on their long-ago prom night. Since she is played by the divine Minnie Driver--now working as a disk jockey but still smitten, it turns out, and still warily available--his feelings are understandable...
Which brings out the most important question about formals: What do I wear? Hopefully you chose your high school prom dress wisely...