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The Quinceañera selects a dress to wear to church. The dress is traditionally white but the Quinceañera can select
her own color.
The bouquet of flowers that the Quinceañera presents to the Virgin Mary is usually a bouquet of REAL roses. No fake
flowers can be presented to the Virgin Mary.
The Quinceañera with her court. In a Quinceañera the Quinceañera will chose 7 of her best/closest friends and will have them choose someone to escort them so they can all escort her ( the Quinceañera) to Church and to the Ballroom after Church.
Again with her court of damas (girls) and chamberlains (boys).Damas is what the girls that escort her are called
Chamberlains is what the boys that escort the girls are called
The father and daughter will dance with the last doll that was given to her. While they are dancing, a song in Spanish that talks about
how this will be her last doll and how he (the father) remembers her as a child will be playing in the background.
The father then proceeds toward the Quinceañera with the high heels on a pillow to change her shoes from tennis shoes
to high heels.
This symbolizes how the daughter will be changing from a girl (tennis shoes) to a young lady (high heels)
The Quinceañera is placed at the center of the dance floor so the father can make the shoe changing.
After the shoes are changed the mother and father get ready to present their young lady to the people that are
present.
The Quinceañera will dance to a Waltz with her court and her main Chamberlain (usually a relative) after her parents present her to the crowd. The Main Chamberlain will be the one that will escort her and
dance with her personally.
The Quinceañera and her parents will “Thank the people for attending” and will call out some special relative names for helping out “financially” with the event. In a
Quinceañera, relatives that help out are called “padrinos” (Godparents), it is very important that relatives take part in helping out and that they are recognized by the
family during the event.