Last weekend my darling daughter was invited to a birthday party and it’s a Quinceanera. It’s a coming of age celebration of girls in Hispanic tradition when they reach the age of 15. It was a very lively event started at 2:00 P.M. until midnight that day. There was a ceremony which is typically a Catholic worship service honoring the birthday celebrant. Oh, how beautiful P looked in her lovely quinceanera ball gown.
Okay, let me try to breakdown the flow of events at the party.
Ceremony – This is when the family and the guests gather in front of the stage where a priest presides the worship service. It’s like an hour long service.
Cocktail – After the ceremony, the bar was open. It’s cocktail time-which I enjoy very much. I bet the grown ups liked it too. Haha! There was like a Mariachi band playing lively music the moment we went outside for the horse show. It’s a socializing moment for the guests and during this time, there was a horse show. Two to three horses preformed like a little tap dance in front of everyone and mainly to the birthday girl. After the horse show, the birthday girl got on one of the horses and went on a horse ride for a bit. She sure loves horses!
Dinner – The dinner started exactly on time. It was catered so we were served Mexican food that evening. It was good!
Presentation – After dinner, the celebrant was presented together with her parents and close relatives. The band played lively Mexican music and the whole family danced for a while in front of everyone. Gift-giving, special presentation from the parents, and picture-taking with the birthday girl were the highlights on this moment.
Dance – Then came the dance presentation of the birthday celebrant with her court consisting of her her close friends and, maybe, cousins. She only have one sibling as of the moment and he’s still an infant. 🙂
After the dance presentation, there came disco time. Dance for everybody. It was never quiet. The DJ and the Mexican band made sure the guests were entertained. 🙂 There was a snack bar and dessert bar set up for everyone, too.
K did not want to stay until midnight so we said our goodbyes and birthday wishes to the celebrant and her parents at around 9:30 P.M. It was a wonderful fairy tale like celebration. The birthday girl looked very beautiful…like a princess. We had a great time.
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On our way to the party venue, K asked if there’s also something like that Quinceanera in The Philippines, the coming of age celebration. I said there is what we call a “debut”. It is when a girl turns 18 years old. She asked again if she can have one. I was like, “yea if you want to”. She said, “yay!”
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