Santa Fe and the Fiesta's
Nick walked down town heading to the hystorical plaza. It was the heart of the city and he wanted to explore and get to know the culture for the city he was in. He looked around the street he was walking and saw some shops and a library.
Some little kids ran by him laughing. Nick heard a ton of noise and smiled as he grew nearer.
Nick stepped into the square and looked around. It was crowded with people, music was blasting around him and the air smelt of food. He saw the booths and his mouth watered as a couple walked by with roasted corn on the cob and huge chicken legs. It was all one big party. Nick wondered what was going on.
"Excuse me sir, what is all of this?" He asked an elder man.
"Tourist eh?'" The man smiled. "Well sir you are very lucky indeed this is a big celebration for Santa Fe, yes it is and you are in for a treat because our royalty is about to take the stage.
Nick blinked. He hadn't realized when he and the guys had come to New Mexico that they had royalty.
Glancing around Nick moved closer to the stage watching some band playing spanish music.
He looked around and watched some young people dancing getting into the fun. A young girl walked by some sort of mouth watering food. Nicks stomach growled and he wondered where he could get some food, close to the stage, but he did not want to miss the royalty.
The song finished and a woman dressed in black with silver and torquoise jewlery came up to the mic.
"Buena's dia's dama's y cabillero's, welcome ladies and gentleman. It is with great honor that I announce this years fiesta royalty!"
The crowd began to cheer as guitars and trumpets began to play. Men began to sing the song that had people clapping along and dancing as the crowd parted and people began to take the stage.
Santa Fe, tus fiestas de septiembre
Se celebran en la capital
Con Zozobra quemando las penas
Ya las fiestas van a comenzar
Tus mujeres llenas de alegria
Pregonando van su nuevo amor
A a luz de grandes luminarias
Van cantando con placer esta cancion
Si Seņor, como no, vamonos al vacilon
A bailar y gozar de esta linda poblacion
Feeling the music course through his veigns, Nick began to clap along to the song too and move to the music. The crowd sang along and cried out responses to the calls of the gentlemen singing.
Nick watched people walk up onto the stage. He saw three young Indian girls wearing crowns he frowned a bit confused.
"Who are they?" He asked a kid.
The little boy gave him a duh look.
"They are the Indian princesses."
Nick nodded and watched as the spanish princesses came up on the stage. They were dressed in peach satin dresses and wore silver and torquoise crowns with their hair pinned up. They were escorted by men but Nick couldn't tell if they were princes.
The trumpets seemed to blast a big louder. Nicks heart thumped with excietment. This was the moment, she stepped on stage to the loudest cheers.
She was dressed in a white dress and her cape was royal blue and silver velvet lined in white fur. She stepped onto the stage with grace and poise that Nick had no idea a woman that young could have.
"How old is the queen?" He asked the same little boy.
"La Reina is 21 years old."
Nick watched as she took center stage she stood smiling and waving until the music and cheers stopped. She lifted the mike and began to speak.
"Hello everyone. My name is Contessa Gomez, thank you all for joining me in this celebration."
Nick watched in awe as she began to address everyone in Spanish. He listened to her musical voice and longed for Howie to translate but he was at the hotel.
Nick wondered if he could meet her and stepped closer to the stage.
http://santafefiesta.org/song.html (you can find the english trasnlation and down load the song here)
Author's Chapter Notes:
here we go the first chapter of a new story im working on please read and review!
