In the morning today, the puppetry teacher (Christiane Saad) was in working with the older boys and girls, and the younger kids worked with two of our teachers, Damaris and Terry, who are both really great with young kids. In the afternoon, we had our new music teacher, Tadeu De Marco in working with the older kids as well. Since our puppet and music programs are brand new, here is a brief description:
The music program is being run by a Brazilian man, Tadeu De Marco, who has worked with the age group of kids we have many times over, and created some awesome music. He starts with putting the band together - 10 singers, 10 dancers, and 15 musicians. Since we have more kids than that in the club, he did auditions - and this is what he spent hours doing on Saturday at the club. Next, Tadeu will teach the kids how to make the instruments out of bamboo, higuero (this is what maracas are made of), milk cans, PVC tube, and bicycle tire inner tubes.
And then of course, he will teach them the actual music, and by the end the children will be ready by then to show off their talents at a few local hotels. The CD produced will be sold to visitors to help the families of our kids.
This program will take 6 months - which will take the kids right into the summer. They are super excited about it, and we learned through the auditions that the kids you least expect seem to have the most talent.
The puppetry program is more than most might think - the kids are being taught by the teacher, Christiane Saad, how to make these puppets out of paper mache and recycled materials. They will write their own plays, and create their own shows. This program is GREAT for the kids, and they will really have the chance to showcase their creativity.
Overall, today was an amazing day. It was a really big day for the kids and everyone is super excited for the upcoming year and all of these great opportunities.
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