I wish you could have been inside Bon Saveur Church with us last night for the first camp recital, performed by many of the teaches from the U.S., Haiti, Jamaica, Colombia, St.Lucia and more. The audience was hanging on every note played, and when the lights went out in the middle of Liz's alto sax solo, there was a collective gasp before some people ran to her aid with flashlights. When she was finished, the lights mysteriously reappeared for the rest of the recital, which culminated with two very rousing solo drum performances. Bill, from the Cleveland Institute of Music, nearly blew the roof off, or should I say the audience did with their incredible response to said performances. Lots of energy in this camp!
Today Hannah and Teiga began giving private tutorials to some of the younger Haitian students. They were very sensitive to the possibility of being perceived as condescending, but, no, indeed, their offer and their lessons were greatly and smilingly appreciated. In fact, as Liz mentioned before in an earlier post, the Haiti Four are extremely well-received by teachers as well as counterparts. Hooray!
It is just such a pleasure for me to be able to witness all this genuine friendliness and enthusiasm on the parts of the HF, Liz and the other campers and teachers. I sure wish I knew how to play an instrument. Stephen
the kazoo Stephen---!!!
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