Streams of water shot up and danced at Longwood Gardens during the gender reveal for Danielle Alura’s baby.
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The water flashed blue and pink to the tune of Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done.” On a downbeat, all of the fountains turned one color and fire burst out.
“Next thing you know, I’m witnessing blue on my favorite fountains in the entire world,” Alura said.
It’s a boy.
Alura and her husband, Curt Clemens, had planned the gender reveal as a surprise finale to their wedding reception on June 18. Longwood Gardens ordinarily hosts nighttime Illuminated Fountain Performances at the five-acre Main Fountain Garden in Kennett Square. However, this show was custom-made for the reveal.
The couple, from Kennett Square,found out they were expecting a baby via surrogacy during their engagement, roughly six months before their wedding. Alura said they were anxious to start a family due to their ages, with Alura being 37 and Clemens 44.
They had both hoped for a boy.
“We’re just so, so over the moon about it,” she said.
In a video posted Saturday that captured the moment the gender was revealed, cheers roared from the crowd as Alura jumped up and down.
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The gender wasn’t a surprise to the couple, though it was for many of their wedding guests.
Griffin, the baby boy being celebrated, had arrived just two weeks before on May 31. He was three months early — born premature, just as Alura and her husband had been.
Alura is a singer who was crowned Miss Global USA 2023, while Clemens is a woodworker.
“We were prepared to have a preemie, and we have extra confidence because we’re walking examples ourselves,” she said.
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