Journey in Bolivia: Talent Show

There wasn't enough room for the Host Families to attend Graduation ceremonies but they were invited to see the rehearsal of the Talent Show and they enjoyed that very much. The families with whom the students are place are people who have had years of experience welcoming students to Cochabamba and are happy to share their homes and culture with the language students. < class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">

My house mother Mary Gamboa.

A Traditional Bolivian Dance performed by some students and their dance teacher.

Stephany accompanied by Sr. Rosario doing Ave Maria.

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Johanna & Chenoa learned to play the Zampona (Andean wooden pipes)

If this had been a school in the States Chenoa & Johanna would have been voted President & Vice President of our class. They were so dynamic & creative in their ideas for fun & interesting things to do and places to go. Chenoa is a Presbyterian Missionary from Pittsburgh PA and Johanna, with her husband Chris and their 3 little children are members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Canada. The family speek Dutch, English and now Spanish.

Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck) O Lord Most Holy.

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Veronica, a Short Term M.M.here until December did a Bolivian cooking class (a la Julia Childs)

Ellen & Bill performed some down home fiddle music.

Ellen is finishing up her M.Div.degree and Bill and his wife Eileen have been Maryknoll Lay Missioners for 15 yrs. serving in Tanzania, East Timur and now Cochabamba.

Sr. Bernadette, Stephanie & Kathleen, accompanied by Sr. Rosalia perform Padre Nuestro, a very popular Bolivian hymn sung to the tune of Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence.

A hilarious skit played by Jason, a student from the Bahamas on 3 teachers who were selected to compete with each other as to who could dump the 4 basket balls into a basket the fastest. The trick was that Jason's head was actually the 4th ball. As you can see from the teachers reactions to this surprise it sent them reeling in laughter.