Tonight we had the privilege of being in Mae Sot when OUR BURMA BOOK opened. Sadly Mary and the Pirniehall teachers missed it and they would have been so proud of their Say Ta Nar dancers who made us all weep as they sang Auld Lang Syne with fine Scottish accents.
It was particularly lovely to see Neesha and Pho Cho's daughter introducing each act. She can only be 3 or 4 years old! Mary, don't worry, Geoff videod the whole event so you'll see it when we return to Edinburgh.
Hle Bee Dancers did 2 traditional Burmese dances. One was the Water Festival Dance, which Irvine and Fiona are going to do next Burmese New Year (Thingyan) at Forthview! The Burmese dances are beautiful and the girls look so elegant in their traditional costumes.
Next we had a more modern slinky dance that the younger Hle Bee girls were proud to do.
Finally an awesome Thai mime group, Baby Mime, who were giving a benefit concert for Borderline's 5th birthday.
At the end, everyone viewed the exhibition of Scottish and Burmese prints of Burma.
After the event, the 4 of us went for our evening meal. At 10.30pm when we came out of the restaurant, there was not a car/motorbike/cycle to be seen because it was torrential rain..... and Irvine had forgotten his rain cape! You cannae share a rain cape if you are both on bikes so he just cycled under all the rain falling down from shop fronts and arrived home drookit... but loving it!
What an awesome day - yet again.
Sadly tomorrow is Irvine and Fiona's last day in school. It's not going to be easy......
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Tomorrow sounds heart aching for all! It will be difficult for Fiona and Irvine to bid farewell given the relationships which have been formed on all sides,upsetting for the children and quite difficult for you Sheila and Geoff since a solid part of your kindred support structure will go. I'm really glad I don't have to go through it. Take care all and good luck!
Thanks Gail. 1-2pm (6-7am) your time) final assembly and saying goodbye to the children will be crunch time. Then tomorrow at 8am (1am your time) when they leave Mae Sot. Hard but worth it for the joy of simply being with these generous and spirited people.
Hi all,
I have followed your journey everyday with interst and amazement. Well done to you all for the fantastic work you have carried out. Would not like to do the goodbyes.
Safe Journey Home Fiona and Irvine.
You are all an inspiration to us all, your dedication and hard work makes a huge difference to the lives of all the children and adults in the school, hope Fiona and Irvine have a safe journey home and Sheila and Geoff enjoy the remainder of there stay.
Sitting in Portugal reading about the Burma Book Exhibition.The Pirnie team were so sorry to miss it but I have loved reading about it and seeing the pictures of Say Ta Nar and Hlee Bee dancers.So special! And great to see Pho Cho there.
Thanks Geoff for recording it.Look forward to that!
Ehjoy a more relaxed last week in Mae Sot and will catch up soon.
Mary
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