Prom

Peruvians like to party.  All night.  It was one of the things we had to get use to.  Your neighbors could be having a party in their backyard with music so loud you could sing along and it might be 3 or 4 or 5 in the morning.

So when Emily announced that Prom would start at 12 a.m. it was not that much of a surprise. Prom is a dance not hosted by the school but by some student's parent or grandparent at their home or yard or ginormous estate. (I could write a book about the false notion of all Peruvians being dirt poor.)  

So Prom began at 12 midnight and ended at breakfast.   

The seniors had graduated the week previous when Prom happened this year so at least they did not have to worry about homework assignments and finals while dancing all night.

Emily and I had gone to the market with a dressmaker.  Emily chose the fabric and told the dressmaker how she wanted the dress to look and she was happy with the results.  And it was a million times easier than trying to find a dress.

Prom night began with a pre-prom party at a friend's house. They have a beautiful home that could double as a museum.  That is where all the parents met and mingled and took pictures.

Some of the boys below . . . . Emily's date this year and last year (haha) in this photo.

All the pre prom couples.

Emily and her date.

Pictures from their school prom were in Cosas magazine which is a weekly magazine like People.  We were sent a photo of the magazine story with Emily's picture and then bought a copy at the airport as we left town.  Emily doesn't remember them taking the picture but even her name was included.  The photo below was from the online version of the story.

She was having too much fun to notice who was behind the camera.