My time here is getting more musical by the day. A few of us go out to a beautiful spot on the river out of town on Fish Island where there is a Cham fishing community. It is a lovely place and the people are always pleased/amazed to see foreigners. We sat on the riverside and played a few songs with two guitars, a shaker and a harminica and watched the sun go down and fishing boats go out to sea. Most of the village came to sit with us and watch and luckily someone knew a Cambodian folk song so all the sweet little kids sang along - it was great fun!
There is a guy, Joe, from England who is traveling around SE Asia linking up with musicians to play fund raising gigs in local bars. Three of us started practising at the weekend and had our first gig this Tuesday which went well, we had another last night which was better and we raised more money. I sing and play the shaker! They are all to raise cash for Epic. We play with one of the students from Epic too and he sings traditional songs and we try and keep up!
At work this week there is a conference going on at Epic with the ministry of education and lots of other NGOs. They are doing a lot of talking as seems to be the way here but yesterday they spent the afternoon doing workshops in sign, dance and art which was great fun. They also saw a performance from the VTP (vocational training programme) students who make up the main dance company here - they are super talented dancers. Here is a question I was tackling yesterday - how do you teach a deaf person to mix sound? Here no disability is a barrier to anything. We have our biggest gig tonight and going on an adventure this weekend - watch for report!
You could sing some well known melodies from 12th Night or Cider with Rosie
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