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Community Service Trip to Parramos, Guatemala
Parramos, Guatemala
July 6-July 15
Day Six: Wednesday, July 11
Parramos and Antigua, Guatemala
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1. Margaret pulls some instruments out of storage, and immediately attracts a crowd. |
2. Drums are irresistible. |
3. Anne and Heather prepare the supplies for today's art projects. |
4. Photographing hopeful scholarship candidates. |
5. Just $100 provides a child with an education and breakfast for a year. |
6. The scholarship committee, Israel and Emily, with their translator Louisa, interviews all the prospective students. |
7. The line for the guitar was too long, so this little girl settled for a tambourine . . . |
8. . . . but the guitar was the best. |
9. Jonathan provides direction to two second graders. |
10. The snack concession opens. |
11. "Tome una foto" (take my picture) was the phrase for the week |
12. Kathryn with some second graders. |
13. Hannah makes the mistake of taking out her camera. |
14. Our first music class of the morning was the third grade. Class size ranged from 25 to 40. |
15. Here we are with the second graders. The big hits so far are the Hokey Pokey (in Spanish); Cabeza, hombres, pieds y pies; Itsy Bitsy Arana; and Esta Terra es Su Terra (This land is your land). |
16. This little girl came up and sang a song for us. |
17. When they weren't waving various body parts, the children sat quietly and attentively at their desks. |
18. The kinder class, the youngest children, got music next. |
19. While they were glad to see us, it did a while to get them quieted down. |
20. Each music session began with stretching and vocalizations. Sue Ellen would be proud. |
21. We asked if they could sing a song for us and they sang something in Spanish to the tune of Beethoven's "The Ode to Joy'" |
22. All the mothers at the school help out. Here two mothers show up in their best clothes to do what would be for us a dirty job. |
23. The entire school gets a fresh coat. |
24. There still aren't enough desk and chairs, so some children carry their chairs from class to class. |
25. The third graders really got into the warmup exercises. |
26. The school provides breakfast. |
27. The third graders sing the Guatemalan National Anthem for us, all four of the verses. |
28. Waiting for classes to begin. |
29. The noon bell rings and children make their way to the gate to meet their mothers. |
30. The ladies are all dressed up for our big night out in Antigua. |
31. We go native and take the "chicken bus" to Antigua. The ride cost Q2.5, about .35. I don't know if the gringos call it the chicken bus because of the locals carrying chickens aboard, or the fact that the driver plays chicken with everyone on the road. |
32. Seats designed for two regularly accommodate three, leaving precious little standing room. It always interesting when someone needs to exit. |
33. You exit which ever door is closer. |
34. The Cathederal in Antigua, classic Spanish colonial style. |
35. the carriage trade in Antigua. |
36. Volcano de Aqua, another quasi-active volcano, looms over Antigua. |
37. A street in Antigua. At the center is the Santa Catalina Arch, one of the city's signature monuments. |
38. Janet and Nancy in the entrance to Casa Santo Domingo, a lovely five star restaurant, hotel and museum in what was one of the grand convents of America, for the order of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. |
39. Janet and Nancy in the fair trade area in Casa Santo Domingo. This was an artists co-op where the funds went directly to the artisans who made the goods. |
40. Liz, Kathryn, Laura and Hannah (Photo by Nancy Kahn) |
41. Melinda, Brita and Marguerita. |
42. Anne, Kristin, Allison and Heather. |
43. Fredy, Glenn and Diane |
44. Diane, Catherine and Kim |
45. Jonathan and David |
46. We had our own chicken bus on the way home. |