We Are Singing... Mmm Thai!

August 1st… Another wet day in Somerset West. It was really pouring today. A crazy thing about the weather here though is that it is real wishy washy. Haha… rainy and foggy one minute, sunny and beautiful the next. That’s pretty much what went on all day, with more rain than sunshine however.

We had a workshop with Siyacula (We Are Singing), one of our sister choirs, later in the afternoon. I was looking forward to seeing everyone again! There had been a pretty big turnover since last year, but most of the main choristers are still holding down the fort. Siyacula was still just as warm and spirited as I remembered them being. =)

We first looked at one of the songs Siyacula had been working on called, You Are The New Day. It was a very beautiful piece. I was quite impressed with Siyacula’s musicality and sensitivity to Marijke’s conducting and Scott’s constructive commenting. Next, we shared with the group two songs that Kokopelli had previously performed, Sweet Spirit and Raindance. They were super excited to learn both songs and picked them up really quick. With the amount of productive fun we had, the 4hr workshop just flew by (no worries, we had a break in the middle of it and were served hotdogs). And then it was dinnertime…

The Roos’ had been raving about this awesome Thai restaurant called, Wang Thai. So we all thought it would be a great idea to have dinner there together after the workshop. I was certainly looking forward to it because I have been so Asian food deprived since arriving in Africa… haha. There were a total of 10 of us there, so we ordered A LOT of dishes, like 10 main dishes, several appetizers and soups, 3 big pots of rice, and even dessert! Yep, we went a little haywire with the grub, but we managed to finish almost everything. Some of the dishes had interesting names like “Angry Duck” and “Angry Beef” (haha… mad cow anyone?). Compared to all the other Asian food that I have tried in Africa thus far, Wang Thai was by far the best. The service was very good and the food was fabulous. I’d surely come here again. But for my next hunt… SUSHI!!!