Monday, August 17, 2015

A school visit, and a dance class!

August 12th:

Hey everyone, it's your favourite dynamic duo: Marysa and Maggie. We're here to talk to you about our day in La Fortuna at a primary school, exploring the town, and dancing. Our day began with a trip to a Z13 primary school, where we performed for over 250 kids ages 5-13. As always in school during visits, the children welcomed us and were ecstatic to share in our joy of music. We were treated as celebrities, giving some of the newer members the chance to experience what it feels like to perform and visit with children in other countries. Every member of the choir including chaperones were sought after for autographs and pictures. Many kids asked for signatures on their arms, and one lucky singer got to sign a forehead. The school children were so overjoyed with our gratitude and care coming to their school that they invited us to their festivities the next day which we were sadly unable to attend.
Unfortunately our Orphanage visit was cancelled for lack of space in their building, but we were still able to give them the gifts we brought and they attended the morning concert. Instead we had the chance to explore the downtown area of La Fortuna, wandering in and out of tourist stores and eating ice cream.
Back in Peñas Blancas we paired up to learn Salsa, Merengue, Cha cha, and the Cumbian Step. The heat made dancing challenging but still enjoyable. Members of the town cooked us dinner, and we ended the night with a piñata. As it turned out the dance instructors were also phenomenal singers, and in exchange for their performance we sang them two songs of our own.
  As the tour progresses we are aware of the growing and forming of friendships between all members of the choir. Recently there has been a wave of old South African songs which everyone seems to enjoy, to the point where choir members are crying in and out of concert due to nostalgia, beauty, and overal joy. All in all everyone continues to enjoy cultural emersion and time spent together.

Yours truly,

M & M


They were such a great audience! 


The fans!




Stacia lead the choir in "Ukuthula"

World Rhythm Ensemble 






 Dance class


 Our awesome teachers!



Stencia dancing with her host sister







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