I live in Canada and echo Kristin's and Jaye's comments. The school rents a banquet hall, usually in a hotel and all the students and parents/family gather for photos and felicitations. There's a first dance where daughter/father or son/mother dance and then all the parents/family leave and they serve up a nice dinner for the graduates. Then the grads either go home or go to after-parties. A tradition here is that many grads like to see the sunrise up on Mount Royal in Montreal which overlooks the city, and it sort of marks the end of the graduation ceremonies. Then they come home exhausted and sleep till the next day, lol.
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