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This is a video clip of Falon and myself doing the traditional father-daughter dance.

We have some updates on Falon’s Quinceañera.  This is the morning of the Quinceañera, which includes us getting ready and the catholic mass. I should have some videos of the reception in a later post.

Falon, the Damas and the Chambelánes are all getting ready for the big day. This was in the morning before Mass. Falon and company was escorted in a 20 seat H2 Limo. The follow video was everyone getting ready.

At the Jolly Inn, Falon’s name was in lights

Falon and I had our Father-Daughter dance. I’m hoping to get a video of this later to post here. I was told it went well. I had to make adjustments during the dance due to the size of Falon’s dress.

I was able to capture some of the main dance here:

I was also able to get some of the surprise dance:

Hopefully in the coming weeks, months, I will be able to get more videos to post.

We had the final dance practice at the hall. More or less a dry-run. This was a extremely hot day and the hall had no air-conditioning turned on (to save money). It felt close to 98° and very humid. We were able to get through it.

Sorry if these videos are jittery, I was holding my son who was very excited to watch everyone dance.

This is (formal) dance (Spoiler):

Grand finally to the formal dance:

This is the surprise dance again:

We had our last home practice before the final hall practice.  I have these two videos that shows some of our practices.  Notice how the grass is ruin by the constant dancing.  This grass was a lush green only a few months ago.  The stress of the dancing was too much for the greenery.  I wish I had a bigger home with space, but we have to work with what we got.  A typical Chicago bungalow is just not big enough for eight couples dancing.

This is Falon and me dancing the Father-Daughter Dance (Spoiler).

Here is Falon and some of the kids practicing the surprise dance (Spoiler again).

The dresses have all come in and the tuxes are ready. Thanks to all the Damas (Ladies) and the Chambelánes (Gentlemen) who have already signed up. We have already had a change of the line up, but we were able to get a replacement.

Russell Snook-Whitfield has stepped forward as a last minute replacement. We appreciate it.

The next step is for the dance lessons. If you didn’t know, the birthday girl, her Chambelan and the accompanying seven couples all have to do a special waltz. It has been a recent tradition to start with a waltz and then do a more modern dance (maybe even a change of clothes for the dancers).

The father (myself), the godfather, and the grandfathers all have to dance with my daughter who is turning 15. I guess this mean we will need to do some dance lessons ourselves? Nevertheless, it will give us an excuse to rent a tux and look good for the party.

We hope this will be a special event that everyone will remember.

The dresses were ordered and the tuxedos have been picked out for Falon’s upcoming Quinceanera party.

It turns out that After Hours were brought out by the Men’s Warehouse and is now MW Tux.

Please check out the Quinceanera web page for more information.

We are getting more and more sponsors for the party, for which we are grateful. As anybody who has gone through with a Quinceanera party before, this can be quite costly. But in the end, it will be a great event and everyone will have a grand time. I’m a little bummed out that it will take place on a Sunday, but that is when everything fell together. (Besides the fact that Falon’s 15th birthday falls on that Sunday). It seems that Sunday was meant to be.