Last weekend my family and I celebrated my grandma’s 80th birthday at Emperor Fine Chinese Cuisine. My dad had spent a couple of weeks planning the party and there were many relatives that came to celebrate.
We were able to reserve half of the restaurant as well as their sound system and two projectors. My dad and I arrived earlier than everyone else to help set up at around 3:00. While my dad sorted out his projection system and photo slide show, I was putting name tags on the eleven different tables. After that, we checked to see if my guitar worked with the sound system for my performance later in the evening. Once we were finished setting up, I pretty much just sat around until all the people arrived and we took our seats.
Once everyone arrived, my dad said a few words about why everyone was there. After that, there was a lion dance followed by a Chinese dance until the food had arrived. The plan was that I’d play a Chinese song as well as another song I had memorized when ever I felt like it. I performed the Chinese song after I finished eating, and then the other song once I got bored. My mom unexpectedly asked me to play the Titanic theme “My Heart Will Go On” which I hadn’t played for a few months. I think that it went alright, but the cable for the guitar got in the way of the percussion.
For the rest of the party, people talked and danced. Later on, we all took group photos before people started to leave. I think that the party went well, I had fun and there was WiFi too which was great.