Festininos

Today we went to the Frank Graham Festival for Kids which was less exciting than I would have liked to see it but it was interesting. Seeing about 30000 kids and accompanying adults dressed in greem, red, blue, and yellow T-shirts that indicated what section of Panama we came from was impressive as each color had their special section of the seating. The kids were animated by huge beach balls being thrown up into the stands and then kept in the air as long as possible. We all participated in a huge wave of hands rolling across the stadium by color groups. Each person in the statium was given a bottle of water - a very good idea and a huge undertaking to give out. There were a lot of dance and performance groups - clowns, folkloric, marching, banners, jugglers etc. The program itself needed a bit more pizzaz.

We looked very nnice in our blue t-shirts and several of the kids commented on them. We are going to use them again for a trip to a wonderful museum - EXPLORA - for next Thursday.

Tia Sue