Was your 16th Birthday anything like this?
I again watched another one of those “My Super Sweet 16” on TV and it blew me away!
This young lady was having her sweet 16 birthday party so the cameras followed her around as she and her parents planned the party.
To start out these young people have a “Pre-Birthday Party” where they invite every kid in school to as a way to hand out their invitations to their party.
So now you have a club or a theatre or on the beach where several hundred teenagers wait to see if they are lucky enough to get an invitation.
This young lady had hip-hop artist, Chris Brown join her at the party to invite the chosen few.
The sad part is the majority of the kids do not get one for what ever reason (made the girl mad about something, wore the same dress to school….whatever!) and those kids feel rejected and many go home crying. The birthday girl then makes fun of those not invited with the “cool” group who are holding invites.
The invites are not just something you pick up at the Hall Mark store; they are in itself something spectacular. Costumed designed and crafted.
This B-day girl handed out cell phones to the top 20 V.I.P.’s that had a video of her and the hip-hop singer together inviting them and giving very specific instructions on what to ware, how to act and the secret location to the party.
The other kids (not V.I.P.’s) then get a specially made invite with the information in it.
On all of these shows they make a big deal out of what the B-day teen will be wearing. I saw one show where the girt went to Paris to meet a designer for her three dresses, then went to Italy to have three pair of shoes designed for her.
They rent out a huge club for the evening or another very expensive venue then bring in a professional lighting, staging and sound system built like a concert would have.
The introduction of the B-day person is a major production with that person singing, dancing or part of a magic act as the way they appear at the venue.
For some reason it is a contest to see who can get the biggest names hip-hop or rap artist to come and sing at their party. Sometimes it is unbelievable at whom they get to show up, sing one or two songs then leave.
This young lady had Hurricane Chris sing his one hit wonder “A Bay Bay.”
The last big production is at the end of the event the B-day person goes out front of the venue to show all their friends the great gift the parents have purchased for their present.
For this show the young girl got a Brand New Range Rover with all the bells and whistles. The sticker price (and they showed it close up) just short of $89,000.
This is this kid’s first vehicle and it costs more then all of my vehicles in my entire life added together! (I’m 45 and have bought all new vehicles for the last 20 plus years)
I have seen other kids get sports cars, SUVs, Hummer’s and other cars that equal two years mortgage on my home.
My first car was a 1974 Mercury Comet with rusted out floors, big bond-o marks and 100,000 miles.
Was your 16th Birthday anything like this?
Jeff Richards: Party Time Productions