international week talent show

Last week was international week. In all honestly, I'm a big fan of international stuff. Not that anything here is bad but it's just less interesting and less creative sometimes. Plus, it's always good to feel the pride of the people of the other side of the world. Oh and how much pride they have!

It was a very loud experience to say the least. There were many people there. Performers were dressed in traditional clothes of their culture. Some even had traditional instruments of their culture. It was very amazing to see all the people gather with their fellow countrymen even though many didn't know each other. In the auditorium, it sounded more like a festival than a performance. Everyone was talking or cheering but still paying at least some attention to the performers on the stage. People cheered when their country was being represented or when they liked the performance with yells, hollers, whistling, etc. It was amusing to hear the guys cheer for the girl performers very loudly.

The music consisted of a lot of dancing and a lot of music for dance. Everything was very fast paced most of the time and had good rhythm. The music wasn't live of course, everything was played on the speakers. Practically all the music had drum beats to it since that would be better to dance to. The music also had chants or words as in actual singing with a melody. It was amusing here too to hear people in the audience singing with the music.

You could obviously tell that the performer was talking with the audience of his/her people. They spoke in their language and actually talked with the audience. Performers made eye contact and even spoke to each other during the performances to communicate because of the casualness of the whole thing. Like a festival, as previously mentioned.

Overall, it was a very interesting and actually, quite a fun experience. You can help but walk out of there with pride in your country.