[header] How to throw a 1980s prom party [title] Get permission from your parents first. [step] If they are going to be out of town, have the party at a friends house. This may sound like no fun but believe me let the party that everyone remembers because the cops were called be at someone else's house a different time. 
[title] Figure out where the party will be. [step] Best chances are at your house or a friends house.