Opening Party Planning
Posted by Claire Bristow and Sarah Whitney, Global Development Fellows
Uta has a serious case of World Cup fever and we are suffering along with the community. The planning committee has big plans to get the entire building 100% complete by the time the World Cup is over so that we have something to celebrate once the World Cup fever clears.
In order to celebrate we will hold a performance at the hall with children dancing performances, choir singers and speakers from the community. Everyone in the committee will have a role. Azaph (a village elder) will start off the performance with a group prayer – as is custom in the village. Angie is helping to choreograph a dance performance. She has the children at her house every week for a rehearsal. We were lucky enough to attend such a rehearsal and we were so pleased to see her running a dance class at her home which can soon be done in the hall! Lucky is making plans to have a feast after the performance. The community wil have meat, pap and sauce. Ethel will make a speech describing the planning committee’s role and what they have been through to get this project off the ground and then completed.
We are so happy to finally be planning this event and we can’t wait for a blog entry in the future describing the time spent at the event! We are so close! Yay!
Shangaan word of the day: mpfula – open
