It's 3am and it's been quite a day! Started with Bollywood dancing and ended with salsa! Not only did this day consist of rehearsing for the play, stage directing, choreographing and learning clowning pantomime techniques, but I also drove a tractor for the first time (with 20+ people on board!) and had my first Turkish BBQ.
After rehearsal, we had a party...an "International Night", celebrating the cultures of Romania and Turkey. We watched a traditional Turkish dance and then received a lesson (Out of 30 people, I was the only girl that participated...all the others were guys). Then, we saw a video about Turkish culture. Next, a video about Romanian culture and learned traditional dances from Romania. Then, came samples of homemade Romanian wine, liquor, and food.
After the formal presentations, we all went outside and helped clean up from the BBQ...then the party started. Our multi-cultural crowd consisted of 6 Latvians, 8 Turks, 5 Italians, 5 Pollocks, 5 Germans, 4 Romanians, 2 Spaniards, 1 Ukranian, 1 Hungarian, 1 French, 1 Estonian and me, the token American!
We gathered around and Bogdan (a Romanian participant who loves the Blues, Country-Western music and Jeff Foxworthy), played guitar and sang songs...rock, blues, Latin, etc. We made up some really ridiculous Blues songs as a group (after the beer and vodka was flowing). Then came capoeira, salsa and Turkish dance.
A fun night! I am really tired now, so time to sign off.
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