QIUNCENERA

The girl wears a flower head piece when she enters the church....then they put the crown on..about the shoes...the dad changes them form flats to heels meaning she is a woman now.

A quinceanera can wear a small crown or a flower head piece when she walks into the church for the ceremony. The changing of the crown can be done by the mother or maternal-paternal grandmother. The small crown or flowers can be past on to the next family member that will have a quinceanera, this is usually done at the reception towards the end.
The other grandmother can give the Last Doll as a symbol of the childhood that she is leaving behind.

Princess you mentioned about the changing of the shoes, the custom that I use is that the father puts the
Anklete on the quinceanera ( In biblical times the father would put a leather strap on the left ankle of a girl when she turn 15 which signified she was preparing for marriage.).
The mother puts the shoes on the quinceanera which the signifies the she is a woman now and the bond that they have as mother and daughter, and as friends with one another. This should be done last before you give flowers to the virgin mary if its a catholic ceremony.

Iggy this is a cool tradition. We are from Texas and I have not seen the one about the shoes. I would love to hear other ideas. My daughter`s quince is next August.

Thank you all for your responses regarding quincenera traditions. I liked the idea of the crowning at the church and then passing the flower headpiece to the next quincenera. I don`t know about changing the shoes at the church though. Can it be done maybe at the reception? Please let me know . . .

OF COURSE IT CAN BE DONE AT THE RECEPTION, THAT`S WHERE I`M DOING IT AND WHERE AL MY OTHER FRIENDS DID IT TOO. I`VE NEVER SEEN IT AT CHURCH.

Well could anybody please help with my 15 its going to be next July and I believe I want colors like baby blue or silver or lavender, lilac something gurly but not too much like pink cause it doesn`t really look right on me well I would trully appreciate it if anyone posts a message or emails me at Lbeli12@cs.com

I AM PLANNING MY QUINCEANERA BUT I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PLEASE HELP!!!!!

I can tell you what I am doing for my daughters Quinceañera; it might help with some ideas. Most of it I got in Down Town Los Angeles (if you live near there). But if you need to travel a few hours, it’s worth the drive. My daughters dress is ice blue. Her colors are ice blue and white. The shoes will be bought from a woman from Ebay. She puts decorations on these shoes that are so beautiful. She will where them first, then the shoes will be switch by her father to heals at the reception. The ring and her necklace, I also got from Ebay. Her centerpieces are a vase with a girl next to it. I am going to fill it with artificial blue roses and fillers. Those will be given away during her reception by playing a game of some sort by the DJ. Her main table will have at Quinceañera girl with real flowers surrounding her. She decided not to have Dama`s & Chambelan`s. She felt it was too much of a hassle to get together. So, she will have a special dance with her father. It’s very easy to learn the Waltz. If you’re a dancer, then you got it made. You can just watch the ballroom competitions on TV or rent videos. It’s a cheaper way instead of hiring a choreographer. I think. Her father will make her invitations from the computer. They are very inexpensive to do at home. You can go to Office Depot or Office Max. I purchased hers at Office Depot for $20.00 for 50 invitations and reception cards. Her decorations were purchased at Party City. I didn`t get much. I just got some streamers and round balls. Clusters of balloons will be around, in the hall. Her tiara, headpiece, bouquet, photo album, pillow, guest book, ring pillow, doll, scepter, bible and her drinking glass were also purchased in Los Angeles. Her photo album, pillow, guest book, ring pillow, bible and doll will have her date and name on them. They sell them all together as a package very cheap with name and date on them for ($129.00where I went). The most expensive things for her party will be her DJ and food. Let me tell you, what makes the party is the DJ and food. I`ve been to many weddings and Quincenera`s and I saw a lot of people leave cause it got to boring. Just make sure you start off by getting the church and hall reserve and then go on from there. The church or the priest will guide you through what goes on or what you should do during the mass. Plus you have to know what your budget is. It can get very expensive. Don`t be shy to ask your family for help. Usually it’s an honor to ask. They way to ask is that it would be an honor if you would be a sponsor for my Quinceañera? They usually will ask what do you need. The easiest thing to say that your getting donations from family it just easier that way cause it’s hard to just ask them to pay for a specific thing. Then they usually will give you cash or check. Then when you say your thank you speech, you would name the people who helped you. Well, I think I have most of it down. If you need any more info from me, I can try to help out. Email: taz4tweety@aol.com

That was a great summary, Rosie. I`m sure you helped a lot of girls who aren`t sure what to do or where to start. One thing that I might add though, would be to make sure to find a good photographer (and videographer, if you can afford it). After the dressing up, eating, dancing, etc, the only thing you`ll have left will be the photographs. It`s really important to meet and compare different photographers, and to ask about their rates in terms of how many photos they will take; how many hours they can stay during the day; how many photos will be included in the album; what size of photographs; if you can keep the proofs; and so forth. You want to be able to remember that day forever . . .

I do have both. The videographer is included with the DJ. And her uncle is doing the photos.

A quincenera significes that the young lady is becoming a woman and all the symbols such as the doll representing her childhood, the white dress representing her purity so everything has its own meaning.

Does anyone know what the ring and necklace symbolize?