YESTERDAY I MET A MEXICAN LADY DRESSED IN A COSTUME OF MANY COLORS. SHE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A FESTIVAL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS SO I DECIDED TO GO AFTER CHURCH. THERE WERE OVER 1000 PEOPLE PACKED INTO ONE LARGE ROOM. THE MINISTER HELD A CATHOLIC SERMON IN SPANISH FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEY GAVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE COMMUNION. THE STAGE HAD MANY DECORATIONS - A LARGE PICTURE OF THE VIRGIN MARY SURROUNDED BY BRANCHES AND CHRISTMAS TREES, ROSES, AND EVERGREENS AS WELL AS SEVERAL CANDLES, AND TWO LARGE BOUQUETS.
AFTER THE SERMON THEY HAD MEXICAN MUSIC AND SOME YOUNG CHILDREN DANCING IN RED, GREEN, AND WHITE COSTUMES. THEY DANCED TO SOME CD'S. AFTER CLEARING THE STAGE THEY HAD FOUR MARIACHI PLAYERS ( WITH A HARP AND FIDDLES, AND GUITAR). THEN ABOUT 20 PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE CAME INTO THE FRONT AND FORMED TWO LINES AND DANCED A QUICK TOE AND HEEL TYPE MEXICAN DANCE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. AN OLD MAN DECIDED TO JOIN IN AND THE TEENS LAUGHED!
FINALLY THE MIDDLE AGED LADY I HAD MET CAME UP TO ME AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DANCE. THEIR DANCE WAS QUITE SHORT AND WITH BASKETS. THEN THEY CAME TO THE FRONT AND PRAYED ON THEIR KNEES. IT WAS AN INTERESTING FESTIVAL AND THERE WERE FEW NON HISPANICS THERE. THEY SOLD HOT CHOCOLATE AND SOME TAMALES AND DESSERT. I GUESS THE DANCING CONTINUED AT THEIR CHURCH OF GUADALUPE. MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO CAME WERE BORN IN MEXICO
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