Cotillion Rules

        There are two seperate cotillions, Elan and Baton Rouge. When you are in a cotillion you can pay for a guest to bring to all of the dances. I'm in Elan cotillion and Melissa is in Baton Rouge cotillion, so we bring each other to all of the dances. The parties are usually very fun, but lately it has gotten way too strict. The two most recent dances were Snowball, which is Elan, and Hollyball, which is Baton Rouge. At both parties my friends or I have had trouble. The first that came up was Hollyball and two of my friends got kicked out. They had tried to sneak in using a friend who wasnt there's ticket and got caught. It would have been okay, but the rules made everything way out of hand. They were both supposed to spend the night at Melissa's house, but instead of her mom turning around and getting them, their own seperate parents had to pick them. One of my friend's parents was having a crisis and couldn't get there, but the lady had said it was the only way and they had to.
         That was the incident for Hollyball, but at Snowball we had a whole other problem. Me and all my other five friends that I had gotten ready with were very excited not to wear heels to the party. Usually at all the dances the girls would take off their shoes as soon as we got in, but this time we out smarted that and decided to wear tennis shoes with our dresses. I got new sparkly converse and was so happy to be able to dance comfortably. We had assumed it was alright since other people had done it to a couple dances already. Apparently we were wrong, because when we got there the ladies were telling us that it wasn't appropriate and has been in the rule book for years. It was already 8:15 and the latest they would let you in is 8:30. We rushed home to Sara Alice's house and grabbed whatever heels we could find. None of them matched our outfits and were two sizes too big for all of us. After we got in the dance, we we took our shoes off like normal. A little while later one of my friends got yelled at by a chaperone to put our shoes on, so all the rest of the night I was falling everywhere in those big heels. Next time I might want to check the rule book and make sure everyone has a ticket.