Grand Ball, Anyone?

Both of Erik Cantrell's parents are working their way up, ever so slowly it seems, in the Noble Career.  Both had to attend a Grand Ball, and since they are new in Bellecorde, Sir Joseph, Cantrell, Sr., decided to throw one. What a night. Getting everybody together to dance (and who knows what happened to those invited). By trial and error, I finally got the Grand Waltz started.  Then a terrible thing happened. The game froze. They only way out was to get into Task Manager and stop Sims 4. Sadly, when I got back into my game, I was right back where I started. But that's okay. I learned a lot in the meantime.

I went through the early morning with my Sims. Erik had two gigs, a concert and a photoshoot, then he took Kayleigh out. He needed to talk to her about his current status, and it has nothing to do with the fact he's now a Global Superstar.  Trying to get that girl to stay in her chair and truly talk to him is another story.

The entire family was at home when the message came to go to the venue; the Grand Ball was soon to start. Got the six of them to the venue. (Adrian is just an infant, too young to stand, let alone waltz; his time will come).  Erik had to get on his phone and bring Kayleigh and both of her parents (who had been invited when the event was setup to hang out of the present lot). Why doesn't that ever work right? The only invited guest who arrived was Sir Joseph's only sister, Alexandra who had jumped into the monarch's position. The heart of why she now despises her older brother.

At any rate, between Joseph, Erik and Louise, some rough spots with Joseph's siblings have finally been eased. Right now, he's sibling non grata as they despise his return home. Smooth apologies were handed out to Reginald and Alexandra, at least.  James finally did show up after Erik called him. But I believe he meandered off the lot in a foul mood. I fought for, and by some mishap of nature, managed to pull off a gold event. Whew! Fun, but for me a lot of work.

So how many of you have thrown a Grand Ball, and how did it work out for you?