Last Saturday -- when St. Hubert High School for Girls held its junior prom -- the salon was filled with teen-age girls preparing for the big night.

     One girl, giving into the pressure of the night, exclaimed "I hate proms" as she tried to decide on a hairstyle.

     Jaqui Brooks, a stylist at the salon, was busy curling a girl's hair into soft spirals. "Oh, I love it. It's fun because all the girls are so excited," Said Brooks.

     Moms were sitting on the sidelines and classmates were giddy with excitement, giggling and exchanging compliments on the hairdos.

     Connie Heftner went along for the fun with her daughter, Corinne, who was getting an updo for St. Hubert's junior prom. "We never had all this excitement," said Heftner, who went to high school in the 1970's. "The girls are more into it."

      She said some of the girls and their go out afterward. They go to midnight bowling and out for cheesesteaks. "It makes them happy. And all the girls get along in their school," she said.

      Tiffany McCarthy, 16, a junior at St. Hubert, was cuddled up with a bunch of coats on the salon's couch trying to take a nap. She and some other students were up at 7 a.m. decorating Cannstatter's -- the hall where the prom was taking place.

     McCarthy, a vivacious teen with blonde hair, said she believes that proms have not changed much over the years, with the exception of the prices. "There's still the same anxiety," she said. "Prices are alot more now."

     She said her mom paid $30 for her dress. McCarthy paid $300. The dress styles are simple and elegant this year, according to the teens.