Tikling Birds Visit DC

Monday, July 04, 2011

The crowds at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival are growing. With each performance the cheers for the Tinikling Dance team get louder and louder. Go Philippines!

Days 1-3

Days 1-3, a set on Flickr.

So much to see in Washington D.C.! Rehoboth was well prepared. Thanks for your help Rehoboth family. :)

Sunday, July 03, 2011

Aunt Judy treated us to a great evening in Maryland. We drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. We saw sea gulls, and we ate crabs, corn, shrimp, and fried chicken. We ended the night with GIANT ice cream cones. Everyone was full and happy. Maraming Salamat Aunt Judy!!!!

Despedida - Pre-Departure

Despedida, a set on Flickr.

The Peace Corps office in Manila was a huge support in the preparation for our trip, and before we left, they threw us a going-away party. The dancers performed in the volunteer resource room and enjoyed a gourmet merienda before leaving for DC.

The pics below were taken during the event.

Saturday, July 02, 2011

Day 3 Alvin

Today we went to the Museum of Natural History I saw many bones like Dinasores and many animals like Girrafes and Elephants. I played planting rice with a lot of people who wanted to play Filipino games. Me and Roberto with Jan carlo demonstrated how to play planting rice. And Jeffrey, Crystalyn, Shiena were in the cooking home. And Jenny Rose, Ermalyn were on the Peace Corps porch for interviews.

Right now everyone is swimming in the hotel pool. - Alvin

The very first presentation at the festival was a success! The visitors were very interested in learning how to cook Chicken Adobo.

The results....

Friday, July 01, 2011

Festival Update Day 2

The festival started with the orientation on the 29^th day of June 2011 at the national mall and we will perform the tinikling at the world stage. After the orientation we fixed all our products to sell at the market place, we checked them if it is reject or not and we counted them and separate them according to their price.

On the 30^th day we perform the Tinikling Dance at the world stage at 2:00-3:00 in the afternoon. We perform the dance with our full effort to show to all of them that we are proud to represent the Phillippines.

After performing the dance they are so happy by expressing in clapping and they want to watch it again so we perform the dance twice. We're shock because many of them want to learn so we teach those people who want to learn the dance. We need to teach all of them in a nice way so that they will learn from us. All of us teach the dance even the clappers because many of them want to learn adults, young adults, teen agers and most of them are children and we do a lot of effort. Sa wakas!! natapos na rin ang first day!!! grabehh ang mga bata makukulit sila kaya kamay ko naipit kasi naapakan nila ung kawayan. Nakakapagod talaga ngaung 1^st day kasi marami ang nagpaturo...ewan ko na sa mga susunod na araw...

Haay sana punta kayo dito kasi ang ganda ng HOTEL... kompleto ang gamit, may malaking TV, 2 telepono, may sweeming pool 3 ang lampshade, everyday may bagong sabon at shampoo...may kape din at sa CR may blower at ako ang madalas gumamit... hek hek.. ay tig-iisa pala kami ng bed na girls pero mga lalaki ay apat sila sa 1 room. Kami na mga girls ay 2 rooms at each room ay 2 ang bed at magkatabi ang room naming apat may pintuan sa gitna kaya nagkikita kita kami lagi ng mga babae sa room namin..Nagdedevotion din kami tuwing umaga tuwing umaga kasi sabi ni Ate Amy dapat laging nagpapasalamat sa Diyos at laging inaalay sa Kanya ang lahat ng aming mga gagawin. Pati kayong lahat diyan sa Rehoboth, ipinagpipray namin. TO BE CONTINUED...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tikling Birds Take Off

The RCHI Tinikling dance team arrived in the US today. Their flight out of Manila was cancelled, so half of the group traveled through Atlanta and the other half arrived in Seattle.

Note from Tom - I am with the Seattle group, and we passed through customs without incident. We will reunite tonight in DC! Jet lag is a new experience for all of them, and as I write this, I am surrounded by sleeping dancers waiting for the last leg of our journey to begin boarding.

- Tom