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LEFT :


Annaa Laura poses for her photo-shoot on the steps of a downtown building.


RIGHT:


Twirling in front of Top of the Kress downtown.


and responsibilities that come with the transition. While friends and relatives want to have a hand in planning and staging the quinceanera, don’t let them take over, says Lopez, who says she has seen quinceaneras marred by bickering over such details as what will be worn by everyone in the girl’s court.


A quinceanera is all about the girl who is making the


transition as a woman, and no one else. • Follow up to make sure your daughter is adhering to


the vows she made in her quinceanera service, Lopez said. • Allocate a


year’s time in preparations for the quinceanera, Lopez says, given that parents are arranging the event while juggling their obligations. For Annaa Laura, Lopez went online and found a planning guide that spelled out all quinceaneras and a timetable for completing them. Lopez suggests other parents like- wise consult a guide.


After all, she said, “it’s like a wedding.” 


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