March 1, 2023

Father Daughter Dance


 Our church had a father daughter dance.  From what I hear, they had dinner and then did some square dancing.  However, Alison's ankle was still hurt (she fell down the stairs and badly sprained it), so she held a baby and Ben danced with another daughter...one dad had 5 girls with him!

This evening goes on the list of things we've learned about Long Island.  We add something almost weekly and I hope to add some stories of examples.  To us, this just seemed like a nice thing that the church was doing, but in fact, this is a Long Island tradition that pretty much every organization participates in.  Apparently, the moms and sons are expected to help serve at the dinner (oops, I missed that boat and we were home watching a moving in our jammies) and the years alternate, so next year will be a mother son dance.  Dinner is pretty much always the same pasta dish and a sausage Italian dish that I'm sure has a specific name.

1 comment:

edj3 said...

Aw they look so good! I'm sorry about Alison's ankle, that's no fun at all.