Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this : to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. -James 1:27

Monday, August 17, 2009

Music Competition

Although our kids have been doing music for quite some time, this was the school's first year to compete in the Uganda Primary music competition. There are 8 "events" in total, including sight reading, traditional song, western song, traditional dance, original song, and original dance. I don't remember the other two.

Our kids had so much fun. They did AWESOME in the traditional and original songs and dances. This particular song (in the photos) was about a shepherd boy going out for month to herd his animals and the things he would need while in the bush and the celebration when he returned home safely.




They dressed Anthony up to be the "bush" where the shepherd was going.
Paul, the shepherd.


Nuruh, the shepherd's sister, warning him of the dangers in the bush.

Waiting to enter for the Western portion of the competition.Overall, our kids did great with the local/traditional/original things but have some work to do on the sight reading and western piece. I am not sure why they didn't pass to the next level, but hopefully next year. I wish internet was fast enough for me to post the video of their performance. Really, they were so good. You would have been proud!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thats awesome! How fun is that!! Thanks for all the pics. We love them! Love you friend!
Ash and Bret

cathy said...

Oh!!! I LOVE the pictures!! Amazing. I don;t know why they wouldn't have advanced either but God has a reason. Jared has some new things to implement.

I love the costumes!! Thanks you for posting! What would we do without you??
Love you,
Cathy

Anonymous said...

Thank you sooooo much for the wonderful post! I could almost hear the music. Who made the beautiful costumes?
Pam

Alex & Tonya said...

SO sweet....thinking about you today Nat. Love you.

Mary Thrasher said...

Natalie,
Thanks so much for sharing. I have been wondering! Maybe you could send the video with Dr. Lew Wilson and Mike could post it on You Tube! Just an idea? What do you think?
Love ya and Godspeed.
Mary

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great story and wonderful photos Natalie. Love your blog!
Mr. Rob

Anonymous said...

Love it! That reminds me...I'm going to post their performance on my facebook! Maybe that will get the word out to some more people willing to give to Lulwanda and love on those sweet children.

"In da eve of fall..."
Eddie