Saturday, June 22, 2013

Saturday 6/22/13

Today we went up to the University of Dodoma. Carol did a music workshop and Kirsten and I helped out with it. Before the workshop started we watched some students work on a performance of traditional African music.

The workshop started and students slowly came in. We started with 12, but soon got more and more. Carol explained how to read music and how to count. We sang a round, which they loved, and did lots of clapping exercises. Kirsten showed off her accordion skills and then we sang Nearer My God to Thee in parts. The students loved it! I took pictures, but mostly on Carol's camera so I will put more up later.

After that we went up to where the art students were doing an exhibition. The paintings were all really cool. There were some students that learned about screen printing and so they designed t shirts. There was also a group from another village that was dancing and singing.

We then went and watched the last half of a play. It was in Swahili, but a boy named Peter explained it to me later. It was all about women's rights. Peter was with us the whole time and I got to talk to him about all sorts of things. It was very interesting.

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