So, we're nearing the bench mark of our first week of camp. I'm in a cabin with Eunji unni and 7 two week villagers that range from 12-18 years of age. They're all really sweet and things are working out fine so far.
I'm teaching two classes a day, but I've been super busy because I was also helping out with two evening programs and my group (counselors) had to prepare a skit/scene from a Korean folktale "선녀와 나무꾼" aka "The Sky Fairy and the Woodcutter." Lights out are at 10:30 so we really can't meet until after that, so I've been going to be rather late. But its fun.
The first class I teach is a rotating class, so I teach the same lesson everyday. Nice ^^ Its really basic just to give the kids a taste of drumming and to give them a chance to try all the different instruments. The second class I teach is in the afternoon and is an elective, so the kids choose to be in that class. That class is longer and more involved. I was trying to teach a new rhythm today but I think it may have been a bit too hard... I'll need to figure something out tomorrow to make sure everyone is understanding it.
I should go to bed... Tonight's evening program was called "숲 속의 대조" or "Welcoming to the Forest". It was really neat, but I swear I have a tick somewhere on my body. I really hope not...
Somehow I got volunteered to sing with one other counselor, Jenny, while Eunji (my cabin mate) played danso, traditional flute. We dressed in hanbok (traditional dresses) and sang arirang, a folk song. But the whole program was supposed to be very calming, so we needed to wait til dark. So at dusk, we walked into the woods and literally stood in the middle of the forest with one lantern and waited for the kids to come.
When they came, we sang our song and then they continued down the trail to the main area where the main performance was. I was really impressed with everyone. No one spoke a word. It was dead silent the entire time, which is what they were supposed to do.
The main performance was Saejin oppa painting traditional style calligraphy on a huge white piece of paper lit by lanterns while Jinwha unni played gayageum (12 string zither). He painted it from the back so it looked like it was magically appearing from the front, as we could only see the lines from the paint appear on the paper. Then Soonyoung came out and did salpuri, a traditional korean dance. Afterward, we all went back and took turns burning a wish we had written on a piece of paper in the camp fire. Traditionally, Koreans would write wishes and burn then and believed the wishes would be carried to heaven.
Because we had to wait until it was dark, we finished late and didn't get back to our cabin til 11:00. Unfortunately, tomorrow is our cabins turn to wake everyone up so we have to get up extra early.... Each cabin takes a turn at waking everyone else up in the morning with korean drums (its early but really fun. I remember thinking it was the greatest idea when I was a villager), doing meal presentations, which are short skits to introduce the food and new vocabulary, and setting the table at meal times. Wish me good luck on waking up... Ugh.
Anyhow, we did our big skit today for the villagers at 근마당 this morning. I was the maiden aka the pregnant lady wearing purple who bore 3 children in 15 minutes. haha.
If you want to catch up on the story, as we were the third scene, check out
Scene 1:
click here or go to
lhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N99SVk5OwE&feature=channel
Scene 2:
click here or go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RciwfJvPvDc
Here is part 1 of our scene:
click here or go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjaBLaHdD0&feature=channel
Part 2 of our scene:
click here or go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCqH8bnRNQ&feature=channel
Also, the camp, Sup Sogui Hosu also has a blog (click on "blog" to get to the link) that has videos, photos and blog entries written and compiled by Kyungmoon (you may remember her from previous entries as we were in Korea together).
The link is:
http://supsoguihosu.villagepages.org/blog/
Hopefully I'll get around to adding pictures at some point. I don't have a lot of spare time, but I'll try~
Good night!
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