She recently participated in the National Charity League's Senior Presentation in Dallas. It's like a Debutante Ball.
The requirement was that each girl had to wear a WHITE wedding dress. Not off white, not ivory, not cream, but WHITE. Since I have connections in the wedding industry here, I figured I'd ask if she wanted to find a dress here. Since she was flying in (on my nickel) for her Senior Portraits, I asked my friends at Casablanca Bridal and Formals if they could help her out. After trying several dresses, this is the one she liked and liked a lot. Of course she has expensive tastes.
It was the priciest of the lot. We put it on hold so she could talk to her Mom about it and since my sister was flying in the next month to visit Mom, the salon agreed to help. They also gave me a price (discounted a significant amount). Mom came in, said she'll talk to my niece and decided to get it. Of course guess who fronted the cost of the dress? Yup, yours truly... but then she's my one and only niece and I guess I'm allowed to spoil her. She said she'll pay me back. I figured I had a right to be there since I funded the dress. That's how I got the images of her and her parents and the festivities.
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| Bee, her Mom and Dad |
After gathering for the group photo, I managed get a shot or two in.
I won't say what I really feel about the photographer who set this up but suffice to say that there's some things I would have done differently but since I wasn't the hired photographer, it wasn't for me to say.
Here's a shot with Bee and her school friends. I had to dress up in a monkey suit only because the Dad may have been out of town on family business. The tux I own and is almost 30 years old but still in good condition. As luck would have it, it doesn't fit so I went to my friends at Black Tie Affair in Kaimuki and they hooked me up.
Bee and her Dad spotlighted on stage. Each girl had their own video show and voice over, got to prance on stage, met their Mom on the dance floor and took a photo or two. Twenty girls.
Bee & her moment of fame...
Bee with Mom after giving her a flower.
Dancing with Dad shot from across the ballroom.
Of course she had to sit with her friends.
Would I have missed this? Not if I could help it. Even had a six hour layover in Houston on my way to Dallas that I had to deal with.
I'll be up in Dallas next month to attend her High School Graduation. Oh where has the time gone?
