The birthday girl chooses fourteen girls and fourteen boys who will be her attendants at the ceremony and the dinner dance that follows.
Traditionally, these girls and boys are younger than the birthday girl, but sometimes they are the same age.
The dresses for the girls must be in the same color and style, just as the suits for the boys are in the same color and style.
The reason for this is that all eyes will go to the birthday girl on that special day.
Then the family orders a cake that is special like a wedding cake.
Sometimes the godparents pay for it.