Quinceañera Research Paper

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Planning my Quinceañera party there was lot of things there was a lot of things that had to get done it took me 8months to plan it.We started out with choosing my dress ….I went shopping with my main sponsor who choose my dress. My mother and i would go to sioux city every weekend to choose some decorations,for my tables and the salon.Weeks later we went to IHop and ate with my damas then we went to the mexican store where i was ordering all my decorations.We had a really hard time choosing a dress we didn't want to get an expensive one but we had to look at one that wasn't my color but that was a just the right color to fit along and not look like its not part of the group.We finally choose a dress that was gray and the girls had to get there measurements done.3 weeks before my quince i had all my girls and boys show up at least 2 or 3 times a week so would practice my Vals. …show more content…
We would play games after we would be done practicing which was really fun.I was ready to have my big day,having a quinceañera was stressful but at the same time I wouldn't of regret not having one.I was able to have many of my family members there.I was becoming a young women in the the Mexican culture .The day before I had my some of my damas spend the night so they could be ready and prepared to start getting ready. Wed woke up about 7 in the morning because i had to go get my bouquet of flowers downtown.When I returned from getting the flowers they had already started getting some of the girls ready.They had a beautiful hairstyle which they personally

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