A local Church brought their "music" trailer for us to use for our Extravaganza! It is really unique!!
Monday, February 21, 2011
The Red Bay Church of God Band
The Red Bay Church of God came with their band. Here they were warming up.
Then they got to singing and sing and sing and sing they did!
They were really good!!
Several students from our school attend this Church. It was nice to have them help out in our program!
Signing
We had a group visiting from another local Church that had some girls do signing to a song. The girl in the middle is hear impaired. They did a great job!!
Winding Down One Successful Evening
These sweet little girls that are swinging are Shaye (left) and Paris (right) with her mommy. They are both in our Reading Center (1st grade) and are so cute!!
These two ladies are sisters and the one of the right is our kindergarten teacher. While the band was playing and the group singing, they were getting into the music. BUT that is what they do here in the Caribbean. Did I ever laugh. Later I told them I wished I knew how to use the video on my camera as I would have captured the rhythm they were feeling :o))
There are presently 33 students signed up to go, but of course, that can change between now and then!
We have no idea how many people came out for this 1st annual event, but we thought possibly around 1,000! What wonderful support we have!! Everyone really seemed to enjoy there time with us.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Baking Is Finished
Finally, after several long hours of standing on my hard ceramic tile kitchen floor I got the cupcakes all baked and iced! I made 114 and when you're doing this many by yourself it takes a really, really long time to get the job accomplished :o))
I'm not really too anxious to ever volunteer to do this job again by myself :o)))
Thursday, February 17, 2011
TV Star Makes A Come Back and Lots Of Preparations
In May, our students who are 13 years and older can go to the States to an International Student Convention. Right now, there are 33 who are showing interest and quite a few of them have paid their first $250.00 deposit. This year the Convention is going to be held at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Dennis and I are also going! I am very excited. The students can register to enter a variety of sports and lots of other exciting things. Last year, we watched some of it online. The kids and other chaperone's will be staying on the campus, but we're staying in a hotel nearby. Anyway, just a little over a month ago, we were out to dinner with another couple from the school here that are both teachers ~ she is our music teacher while he teaches in the high school. We were discussing what could be done for a major fundraiser and Darla said about having an outdoor High School band concert with perhaps a very light refreshment. Well, Dennis turned her loose and now we are having our 1st Annual ISC Extravaganza this Saturday. There's going to be the band concert, skits by some of our teachers, Aunt Julia who is well known here on the Island and just turned 102 years old will be here playing her drums, a lot of cultural things will be done, another local Church has a large band who is coming to perform, and much, much more. The light refreshments have turned into full course dinners :o)) The kids and a lot of other people have been selling tickets for BBQ chicken dinners and hot dog dinners for the kids. At the end of the evening, they will be serving snowcones and we'll end with fireworks!
Then early this morning, Dennis and the music teacher went to one of the local TV stations and did a spot during the Daybreak Show. It was awesome ~ of course, if you remember this is Dennis' third time to do this. So he is becoming a novice at it! haha!! Darla was very nervous and a few times stumbled for words :o) I said I would have been very nervous, too!! I just thought you'd enjoy watching the TV spot that was done. I'm going to try to take lots of pictures on Saturday! I hope I can be successful at that. I heard yesterday that over 600 lbs. of chicken have been donated so far and that someone gave 900 bags (serving size) of plantain chips. Lots of drinks, salads, desserts, etc. are also being given. We've already been given several hundred dollars in monetary donations as well!! So, it looks like it's a super idea and lots and lots of work. Tomorrow after I finish working the office, I'm baking about 10 dozen cupcakes!
Check back later over the weekend for pictures of the Extravaganza!!
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