Tunes from the musical Mary Poppins have been running through the house for the past six weeks. For the past couple of years the school presents a concert in English. This year they decided to do a slightly abridged version of Mary Poppins and Talluah said that she would help out with the organisational side of things.
Indiana took on the role of Mary Poppins, Truce had multiple roles as Ellen the housekeeper, the birdwoman, the flower giver and a townsperson for the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious dance. Depp's grade were the toys in the nursery for the Spoonful of sugar number. Depp loved his toy bear costume so much that he wore it all the next day while he played in the back yard. All three children did a spectacular job and have made us very proud.
Indiana made the bird umbrella and the carousel horses from paper mache as well as help create some of the backdrops.
Talluah worked tirelessly with the music, dance, English and curriculum teachers to bring together a production that had children from the Kinder 3 class all the way to grade 12 being on stage at some time. At the end of the night people were raving about how spectacular the whole show was.
As I was the curtain puller I could only take photos from one position so there are plenty of profile shots.
November 10th marks the birthday poet of Jose Hernandez. Jose wrote a very famous poem about the spirit of the gaucho (Argentine cowboys). The day is celebrated across the nation with asados, traditional dances, rodeos and cultural events.
The primary school students all presented some style of traditional dance for the parents and later we were invited to eat our body weight in empanadas.
Polo is a very popular sport here and our friend Lucy drove us to a town called 25 de Mayo (the 25th of May) to watch some weekend polo. It felt like a little bit of time travel as we went from one town named after a date to another.
It was a beautiful spring day and the riders were in top form. We watched a poor defenceless, once round, ball being chased and bashed about the field by thundering hoofbeats.
Later on we went out to Silvina and Alejandro's farm and the kids were able to play hide and seek in the wheat fields. This is one of the main differences between here and Australia. Our immediate concern was that there might be snakes in the fields but we needn't worry. We had to explain that we always have to be cautious rummaging around woodpiles, playing in long grass or turning over sheets of tin. Here, the kids can play happily in the bush lands as there are no dangerous snakes here.
