Thomas here,
This evening there was the second of the camp's recitals. We opened the show with Give My Regards to Broadway played by just the four of us. Next we played our two Haitian pieces, Souvenir d'Haiti and Aongeliko, but we changed things a bit and invited three Haitian students to play with us. The three were Gregor on trumpet, Cadé playing the conga, and Renœu. We rehearsed for about 45 minutes earlier in the day. The spot we practiced in was on top of a wall that goes around the football(soccer for all you Americans) field that slopes down to the entrance of the camp. This seems to be a popular practice place and we quickly attracted quite a crowd. The icing on the cake was when a young Haitian girl started to dance while we were practicing, and we invited her to dance with us tonight, she gladly accepted and showed up in traditional wear for the recital. We do have video of this but it will be on our brand spankin' new YouTube channel. Also some of the videos from Wednesday's recital will be there was well.
We can't wait to see the videos. Let us know when you can about the YouTube channel. We are all so impressed by all of the work done and relationships built by the six of you. After reading the thoughts from everyone I wish you coud stay longer, but we want to hear first hand about your experiences as well. Take care and see you all soon.
ReplyDeleteHaiti Four,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the time you put in to keep us up to date with your experiences in Haiti. I have enjoyed reading every post and have shared both posts and pictures with grandmothers, colleagues and neighbors. I have so many questions! I hope that we can all reconvene for an evening of stories, slides and music. I am especially anxious to hear more music. I checked out Ms. Matta's performance onYouTube - blackout and all! It is absolutely amazing how you folks have used technology to bring our worlds together. What I really love is that you want to bring our worlds together - that gives us all hope for the future.
Safe travels and see you all soon.
Barb