***On going English disclaimer***
Though we are capable of using proper grammar, please forgive any atrocities as we are willing to sacrifice accuracy for content. Merci Boucoup!!
Bonswa! Today was our first full day of camp. The music students range from about seven or eight years old all the way through adults. Our Creole (and French) are coming along slowly but surely. The food has been very good. Tonight was spaghetti and bread. Good ole fashioned PB & J was also available. More students and teachers arrived today from the Organization of American States and the US. The "advanced" band rehearsals started today. We have two directors - one Haitian, one American - and they translate for each other. We sightread "West Side Story" today. In addition to band, Teiga is playing in the Philharmonic Orchestra (mostly adults!!) Go Teiga! The folks here are very eager to learn; one example - Bernadette Williams - one of the camp organizers was taking a cello lesson with an OAS instructor just now, as we came to "blog".
We experienced quite a bit today but ultimately, music is music..."Baa ba dat daa" is "baa ba dat daa"... regardless of language! (ala Maestro Mariano!)
Liz
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