Music and Dancing Equals Tradition

It’s only recently that I learned who I am. I like to think I developed my character my last two years of high school. I became a person to whom music is almost as important as air. Of course, I wasn’t always like that. Before I moved to the United States I lived in Quito, Ecuador; I lived there for the first eleven years of my life.

            Back then music was not as important to me as it is now. I now appreciate music and dancing. I love the way rhythms move me in synchronization with the beat. That’s why the tradition I look forward to the most is New Year’s Eve.

            Every year my family has a New Year’s Eve party at my aunt’s house. We eat late, dance for the last time of the year, and welcome the new year with noise-makers, champagne, and sparkling cider for the kids. After the hugs, good wishes, and scattered tears are done, we dance the night away, though after an hour or two the heat dies down and the kids start collapsing from weariness.

            Though kids might think the party was long, the dancing hard, and their clothes uncomfortable, I cannot think of a party I enjoy more. Having fun and watching my loved ones have fun is always the highlight of my night. It is truly one of my favorite nights of the year, the night I look forward to the other three hundred and sixty-four days of the year.