Last weekend, Mayce and I flew to San Antonio for a big festival called FIESTA. Her brother, David, was going to be in a performance and then there are other festivities throughout the weekend as well. 
Here is a close-up of Dave's wig - they actually used water noodles to make the wig flair out like that!
This first installment of my FIESTA adventures is about the Cornyation show that David was in on Thursday night (there were 6 shows all week - but we made it into town for the last one: Thursday at 10:30pm at a theater downtown). It's kind of a parody on "Coronation" and it mocks current events in the news and pop culture, and the proceeds go to charity (they raised about $150,000 for charity this year!). The theme of this year's show was 'footwear'.
As we walked up to the front of the theater to go into the show, a whole motorcade of white GMC Yukons pulled up with police escorts and they all lined up in front of the theater. OOH - someone famous, I thought! Well, I guess being one of the Kings of FIESTA is a big deal and they call him "Rey Feo" (or "Ugly King"). This trail of Yukons was his entourage with police escort!
When we got into the theater, we saw a wierd sign:
I guess an old tradition is to throw tortillas during the show, but someone got hurt somehow and tortilla-throwing is no longer allowed. Shoot!
There were 13 groups that performed this year and David's group was poking fun at the FLDS cult that was broken up in El Dorado, TX last year. They started out in the long dresses and crazy weird women's hairstyles with that 'bubble' in front.......and ended up with something totally different!!
Here are some pics of David's group's performance (he's in the orange dress):
Here is a close-up of Dave's wig - they actually used water noodles to make the wig flair out like that!Hanging out on the sidewalk after the show:
And one last pic from the night - one of the performers from another group at Cornyation......he's showing a little too much for me.......
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