This evening I had the honour of attending the village school's end of year show. "Le spectacle pour le fin d'annee" pulls in crowds from literally yards away and is a chance for the kids to show off various talents.
This years show was themed "Around the World" and was a colourful event, quite literally as kids blacked up and drew on chinese eyes... who says there's no place for political correctness these days.
The performance began with the les petits running round in circles, clapping and waving hankies in the air. cute.
Then on to the serious stuff. The older kids had put together a routine involving classical dance and 'eeeep op' (hip hop). Oliver busted out the robot. It was immense.
To round off the evening there was a fantastic buffet - more pizza and chocolate brownies than you could shake a stick at. Got to love the French dedication to fine dining. Slight cringe moment when I tried a bit of spinach quiche, decided it tasted like vomit, stealthily put it back on the plate with a bite missing, was accosted by a mother who said 'oh have you tried my quiche?' then picked up my half chewed slice and proceeded to eat it. need to work on my buffet etiquette...
H xxx
PS - Today we were in the forest doing a treasure hunt with a group of twenty 3-5 yr old knee high French kids. Andy said "I feel like a giant for the first time in my life." bless.
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