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MEXICO — Two dozen girls ages 6 to 11 participated in a 60-minute American Girl Tea Party on Friday afternoon in the Calvin Lyons Hall.
Many of the girls wore fine dresses and clothing styles that were popular for girls in the 1940s, and brought their American Girl dolls from that era along for the Mexico Public Library event.
Prior to a history presentation, Librarian Valerie Messana invited two young girls up who wore clothing identical to their dolls.
“Now you can get dolls that resemble you and they’ve got matching outfits, which is pretty cool,” she said.
Using books from the library, Messana gave a short presentation about the history of American Girl dolls.
She introduced them to American Girl “Molly” and took her audience back in time verbally to the 1940s.
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Molly, Messana said, was an American Girl who lived during that era and worked hard to support the World War II troops by organizing and performing in “Hurray for the USA!” variety shows.
Afterward, the children created glittery star-laden paper crowns, learned tap dancing moves from dance instructor Cindy Christie of Mexico, and participated in a tea party, complete with real china cups and saucers.
Light refreshments included a fruit dish made from a recipe from the 1940s, iced tea and frosted cupcakes.
Brielle Flynn won the drawing for a miniature collectible Molly doll and introductory book, “Meet Molly.”
Two dozen girls participate early Friday afternoon in the Mexico Public Library’s American Girl Tea Party in the Calvin Lyons Hall while one girl’s mother films it. Refreshments included a fruit dish made from a recipe from the doll’s era in the 1940s, frosted cupcakes and iced tea served in real china teacups.
Wearing an ensemble that matches her American Girl doll, Delaney Bouchard, right, and Brielle Flynn listen to a short presentation on the history of the dolls from the 1940s era on Friday afternoon during the Mexico Public Library’s American Girl Tea Party in the Calvin Lyons Hall.
Two dozen girls participating in Friday afternoon’s American Girl Tea Party in the Calvin Lyons Hall, wait for a Mexico Public Library presentation on the doll’s history from the 1940s to begin.
Holding her American Girl historical doll Molly McIntire, Sophie Siegle of Farmington, in the foreground, watches a Mexico Public Library presentation on American Girl dolls from the 1940s during Friday afternoon’s American Girl Tea Party in the Calvin Lyons Hall in Mexico.
Olivia Child, 9, of Mexico, displays her wheelchair-bound American Girl doll Kainai early Friday afternoon at the Mexico Public Library’s American Girl Tea Party in the Calvin Lyons Hall in Mexico.
Mexico dance instructor Cindy Christie leads two dozen girls ages 6 to 11 in tap dancing routines early Friday afternoon during the Mexico Public Library’s American Girl Tea Party in Calvin Lyons Hall in Mexico.
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