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Quinceanera I celebrated my quinceanera on August the 15th because my birthday was on August 25th. It was on a school day so we did it before. Hispanic people celebrate their sweet 15 because it’s a tradition it's the same as sweet 16. I got to wear my big dress. It was red and zebra.At first I didn't want no party,but then I saw that my cousin’s were having a quinceanera. I told my mom that now I wanted one she said how you going to do because I’m a shy person and I said I’ll try not to be shy. When we started our practices I was going through a lot because it was so stressful that I just wanted to pull my hair off, but at the end it was all worth it.

When I first woke up we went to Bojangles to eat breakfast and then we went to go practice our dances at the Civic Center. We went back home to get ready because the limousine was waiting for us. We went to the duck park and take pictures after we got done we had a little more time left and the limousine took us to Wendy’s. People kept looking at me and my sister because my sister had to wear a big dress and they were like yall look
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My uncle surprise me with the limousine because I thought I was not going to ride one I was suppose to ride on my dad’s truck in the trunk. I got to ride in a limousine for the first time. After I finish with all my dance I had to do I was so tired. To be honest I thought I wouldn’t be in front of all those peoples because I'm a person that is shy but my shyness went away. One of my best friend took me out to dance with him like 5 times but it was the best day of my life. I wish I could start my day back over again. I really enjoyed my day it was the best day that i'll never forget. It's been 2 years that my quince past I keep telling my mom that I want another quince and she tells me that i'm

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