These past 2 weeks there has been an International Dance Festival going on her in Rexburg. There are 10 different countries who send dancers to represent their country. Each year is different, but this year there was Isreal, Belgium, France, China, Mexico, Russia Cossaks, Russia Siberia, Germany, Greece, India and the USA. There were a couple of days where some dancers would do to a designated area and would teach children a dance from there country. That was one thing I helped out in. At one of the local Junior High Schools, Isreal, Belgium and France came. They were put in 3 different rooms, and then children would rotate between the rooms, learning dances, crafts, and songs. It was really fun, and the children absolutly loved it. They were each given a 'passport', which had all the names of the countries, and then after that session was done, they would go and get there book signed by the dancers and ask them questions. There were some dancers who didn't speak English very well, and it was sweet, because the children didn't understand why not. Daniel and I managed to get free tickets to the closing ceremonies. It was amazing. Each country came out and did 2 dances, and it was just incredible. The cool thing was, that all the dancers from all the countries were placed in homes with a host family. Wouldn't that be amazing to have someone in your home from a different country for 2 weeks and to learn more about them. Most of the dancers were High School age, but there were a handful that were older. Anyway, it was an amazing experience, and it is unfortunate that we wont be around next year to see it again.
Team Belgium
Team Russia Cossacks
Team France
Team Isreal
Daniel with Team India
Team Russia Siberia
It was really hard to take pictures because the lights were really strong. Luckily, at the end, everyone was invited to the floor to meet and talk to the dancers. I was like a little kid, I was so excited. It would have been even better if this was the year Team South Africa came. Maybe I'll have to make a special trip when they come.
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