Monday was our day for SPECTACLE! And, with our school being so big we had to have two performances, one for the two kindergartens and the other for the upper classes (Primary).
The kindergarten's performance was at 10 in the morning so we were all there at 8:30 for the final practice with the kids. I helped Shantel by copying down all the words of the story, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" which was what they read between songs as the story line. I was the runner to go grab each of the teachers when it was their turn to narrate or bring their kids in to sing their song.
It was a great performance. All of the little kids had their own little Santa hats on. The invitation said to have their kids wear scarves and gloves but I'm pretty sure most of the parents don't know English themselves because only one student was. We really didn't care, it was more to satisfy the parents with wanting them all wearing costumes. The idea of wearing costumes for a Christmas performance is kind of foreign for Americans so we really didn't know what they wanted us to do but we just went with it and agreed the hats were plenty.
The little kindergarteners are all so dang cute. Sierra's been telling me stories about George and how he refuses to tell her he loves her. Everyone one else including his brother Fred (yes, Fred and George from Harry Potter, and yes that was intentional by Sierra) always replies I love you too! But no, George always tells her, "I no love you teacha". She finally got him to say it today though because he wanted to use her camera... He and Fred are hilarious.
After the Christmas portion of the performance was over we had a little extra time so we had the kids sing some songs they sing each day like Funky Chicken, Bumble Bee, Singing in the Rain, and one other. They loved performing those ones on the spot because they know them so well.
After lunch we watched Bolt and then Emily H, Sierra, Aimee, and I went to the One Plus One (supermarket) for some last minute things we wanted to take home. I got some candies for my family so they can try some Chinese chocolates and sweets! Hopefully you'll enjoy family! :)
The primary spectacle performance ran just as smooth as the morning one. My kids sang Rudolph wonderfully with little red stickers on their noses and then got to perform their dance we taught them a few weeks ago for New Years Eve at the end of the show to make it longer. They know that dance/song backwards and forwards so it went great!
The only downer was that all of us teachers sang the final number, "White Christmas" and by the time I went outside to say goodbye to my kids for the last time as a group they were all already gone.
We went back to the auditorium after dinner and had a dance party as we took down the decorations so we cheered up with that and danced away our so called sorrows!
Some of the kids came over to hear what all the commotion was about and were laughing at us. It was so fun and super funny!
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