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...which Lois works on an abstract painting of a woman in white, an imperfect black square named Max and a garden. The triangular symbolism in her painting works too hard to imitate her life. Similarly, a subplot involving Maximilian, the Austrian Emperor of Mexico, and his white-clad queen is completely extraneous. The little history lesson could hardly be more boring or less relevant...
...Fiesta baby,” she explains. “When I was four, I saw the queen getting crowned and she was gorgeous. I wanted to be her—I wanted to be the fairy princess with the crown and the big puffy white dress. It’s a little girl’s dream—like you want to be a ballerina or you want to be Cinderella. I wanted to be that girl when I was four. I came home, I practiced the bow. And of course, I fell over myself because...
More elaborate debutante balls can incorporate a competition into the festivities. Jauer was chosen to be the queen of the Gardenia and Musical Club during her first year of high school as well as Fiesta Teenage Queen 2000. For the Black and White Ball, which originated with the hope of improving Mexico-United States relations, she and the other debutantes were actually judged on their “performance.” Among other things, their execution of the elaborate curtsy was scrutinized...
...inevitable discussion of the “Texas bow” (a.k.a. the “Texas Dip” and the “Texas Swan Dive”). The elaborate curtsy is a regionalized version of the bow debutantes did when they were presented to the Queen at St. James’ Court. Player didn’t have to perform it herself but has seen it done. “It’s ridiculous,” she says. “You have to get a special dress made so you don?...
...Tanner bought her dress from a bridal shop. “The skirt had 10 layers and I had to have someone help me put it on,” she recalls. “It was really heavy.” For her coronation as Fiesta Queen, Jauer donned the dress that two past queens had worn, an elaborate concoction of iridescent sequins, mirrors and a 20-foot train. It is now part of a museum exhibit in San Antonio...