Night of Friday, September 25, 2010
After a yummy dinner of 15-bean soup that TC prepared, we headed ashore to get our last internet fix before we headed to Jaluit High School for a party. As TC, Paul, and I surfed the internet on our various computers, kids came around to look. Some of the kids sang for Paul and his girlfriend Uli (via skype) - they harmonized beautifully as they sang a Marshallese song set to the tune of Let It Be. How cool is that?
After I finished uploading blog posts and pictures, we set out for Jaluit High School (JHS). The kids were having their annual welcome party for the freshman, but we'd been invited a few times by teachers, the principal, and even the students themselves. The seniors cook a meal for the entire school - it was quite a feast with all four meats (fish, chicken, beef, and fish), along with rice, and some canned tomatoes and potatoes.
As people were eating, each class got up and sang a song they wrote to welcome the freshmen. The seniors sang all of their songs acappella, which I think I prefer to the alternative synthesizer accompaniment. Synthesizers are not bad; they just seem to drown out the beautiful sound of voices.
Smaller groups would sometimes dance or sing separately. A male hip-hop dance group also performed, which was entertaining. A female pair also did a dance to Justin Bieber, which made me laugh - yes, Justin Bieber is popular on the outer atolls of the Marshall Islands. Oh, and then a group of 10 students did a pretty well choreographed dance to a song from High School Musical (at least I think it was from one of those movies). I think that these kids would love to watch So You Think You Can Dance.
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