Sydney performed in her Christmas Pageant this past Sunday morning at 930am. Yes
that was AM for all you stateside people who where at church, the Japanese are
not very religious, in what we consider a conventional sense. Harry wants to explain to you the in's and out's of the program, so here are his words about our morning.... First things first, there's the family transportation issue. You're not allowed to park at the school for these functions, since there's not enough parking available. That leaves us exploring the Japanese bus system. Take everything you know about Western bus systems and reverse it--you're done. All the kids are sitting in the auditorium, waiting for the program to begin; 30 minutes later (1000) it starts with the pricipal speaking AT GREAT LENGTH about the birth of Christ and the Christmas holiday. After 45 minutes of that, the poor class monitors and teachers had the unenviable task of herding cats (aka our kids) while all the "distinguished guests" had bouquets presented to them and their turn at the microphone.
Finally, around 1100 all the speeches were made, and we could begin the holiday program. Sydney's class "the ponies" went on and did a traditional "bunnies rice pounding" dance to music that was just as cute as you'd wish it to be. I spoke with a couple of our Japanese hygienists, and they recall they're kids performing the same dance, and one of them remembered doing it herself. After Sydney's breakout performance, we figured we'd all earned a break and went for pizza. Kathleen spoke with one of our friends and learned that the pageant went on until 130pm! Hopefully we'll leave Japan before Sydney gets old enough to have to wait to perform with the older kids!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Christmas Show
Sydney performed in her Christmas Pageant this past Sunday morning at 930am. Yes
that was AM for all you stateside people who where at church, the Japanese are
not very religious, in what we consider a conventional sense. Harry wants to explain to you the in's and out's of the program, so here are his words about our morning.... First things first, there's the family transportation issue. You're not allowed to park at the school for these functions, since there's not enough parking available. That leaves us exploring the Japanese bus system. Take everything you know about Western bus systems and reverse it--you're done. All the kids are sitting in the auditorium, waiting for the program to begin; 30 minutes later (1000) it starts with the pricipal speaking AT GREAT LENGTH about the birth of Christ and the Christmas holiday. After 45 minutes of that, the poor class monitors and teachers had the unenviable task of herding cats (aka our kids) while all the "distinguished guests" had bouquets presented to them and their turn at the microphone.
Finally, around 1100 all the speeches were made, and we could begin the holiday program. Sydney's class "the ponies" went on and did a traditional "bunnies rice pounding" dance to music that was just as cute as you'd wish it to be. I spoke with a couple of our Japanese hygienists, and they recall they're kids performing the same dance, and one of them remembered doing it herself. After Sydney's breakout performance, we figured we'd all earned a break and went for pizza. Kathleen spoke with one of our friends and learned that the pageant went on until 130pm! Hopefully we'll leave Japan before Sydney gets old enough to have to wait to perform with the older kids!
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