Lots of pictures of the gowns, however there's one problem. What the heck does Argentina have to do with Fiesta?
"Fiesta San Antonio, previously called Fiesta San Jacinto, is a ten-day festival held every spring in San Antonio. It originated in the 1891 flower parade conceived by Ellen Maury Slayden, wife of Congressman James L. Slayden, as an April 21 salute to the heroes of the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto." https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/lkf02
THey have Mummers in Texas?
Seriously one of the most gaudy things I’ve ever seen.
“Fiesta San Antonio, previously called Fiesta San Jacinto”
Why change the name?
Well, beef. But seriously, nothing really ... but neither did the Napoleonic Wars, space exploration, or any of the other themes that come to mind from my years in S.A.
It makes no sense at all ... just one of those "how the other half lives" things that make you go, "Yeah, whatever."
Texas bling, along with big hair women in Texas have an affection for shiny things.
A couple of them weren’t too bad as art I guess, but the winner wasn’t one of them. The hummingbird one was very well rendered, almost like an Audubon print.
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