At nine o’clock I woke up, hungry I went to my parent’s room, my mom was yet to get up. I said good morning to her and then left.
It was Saturday May 30th, 2015, my mother and I went to a sendoff party for my dear aunt Catherine (we call her aunt Big Catherine since there is another Aunt Small Catherine). It was going to be a busy day so we had to get up early to prepare. When I got up, I brushed my teeth and went to eat my breakfast. Afterwards, I took a nice shower and put on some normal clothes, because I had to wait for my dress to be ironed. I went to practice piano, but I was thinking of how the sendoff was going to be like. I was going to be dancing and I am always curious.
After a while my dress was ironed and I got dressed in my blue dress. I was excited to go; I couldn’t wait. My mom’s car had a lot of things inside, and had no room for me to sit in, so I went to Maxine’s and Danica’s place, to wait to go with them to the send-off. When we arrived at the hall I was amazed. It was very big and the theme color was red!
We went to the front to get our table number and we all went to sit down. There were appetizers like chips to eat. I still ate them because I was a little hungry. We were waiting for a while because we were a little off time.
Soon the Bride-to-be arrived. Many women went behind her and they started to dance. I didn’t go but I saw the joy on her face. Then we sat back down and people started to talk. They were telling us about what we need to know and how the party was going to go down like. They were talking about how if you are getting a drink which has alcohol, you will get an envelope. It contains 4 coupons which you can use to get Beer and wine.
There was a lot of food and a lot of people. After we ate, we went to the bathroom to change into our costumes ready to dance. If you don’t know we were dancing to some special songs for the bride. The dancers were my mom, Tumpe, Maxine, Danica and I. When we entered, music was playing and people were staring at us. I felt so good. A lot of people began to join in too. Even the bride –to-be danced and she danced well, and we had fun. After our performance, the cake was given out and then it was dancing time for all people to join. Everyone went out and danced. Then people started to leave. My mom helped to clean and then we left.
If my memory is correct, I went to sleep at around 2:38AM. Well I had I great time. I got to dance and had fun with a lot of people. I would do it all over again, except the leaving part. I would leave much more early next time to be able to wake up and go to church the next day. I would also like to see the groom-to-be in the next party. It was a great celebration and people really danced!
To Aunt Catherine, I wish you all the best.
Angela-Acaye.