Seventh Week

There were no children at the Kindergarten again this week, so we arrived early in Potočari – in time for a little informal sing-song in the playground. In the workshop the group was in high spirits as usual but they all worked well in circle-based activities. They were particularly attentive during variants on “pass the clap” using the small percussion instruments, and really enjoyed reprising many of the songs they learned in previous weeks (Abutange-vu, Tingalayo and Tekelelo meria) which they sang and acted with gusto.

The Music Theatre rehearsal this week brought together the music section (led by Toni and helped by us) and the dance section (led by Jana Dukanovic), and things are starting to look very promising for the show in a few weeks. We now know where the music we have been preparing will fit into the story and the dancers tried their choreography to our group playing live for the first time.

The school in Skelani was also closed this week due to a Serbian day of mourning, but we are looking forward to resuming work there next week.

This was Sarah’s last week with the project as she has unfortunately had to return to the UK for family reasons.