Day 9: The Thanksgiving Service

First thing’s first, we had a wonderful lie in, and met for breakfast at about 9.30am. Then we rehearsed and went to have a wonderful lunch at the brilliant papaya. After that, we packed into a very warm and wonderful van in very warm and not so wonderful concert blacks. Once we arrived at the fantastically beautiful church, we waited for a long time before starting sound checks, but it was not dreadful because there were some amazing fans. Then, without any warning, the concert began and in the blink of an eye it was our time to shine. I played trumpet and it didn’t disappoint- i hope. We then sang and played incredibly with various different groups, and although it wasn’t all totally in tune, it was still wonderful. At the end, we all got given food, but gave it all to Musa. He was extremely happy. Musa loves chicken. We then made our way back to the hotel, one of the buses broke down which was not so spectacular. But this was made up for by the fact that we had a splendid dip in the pool, we met Elijah, Christian and Ibrahim, who I shared a pizza with and was therefore not hungry for dinner. Written by Milo Our day started off with a luxurious and well deserved lie in after our busy week of teaching and performing, before we had our usual buffet breakfast at 9:30. We then had some free time before a relatively rushed singing rehearsal at 11 for an hour to prepare ourselves for the 30th anniversary church service. We then headed over for (yet another) meal out at Papaya (which Mr Brink was late to as he was crying after our shocking singing practice) before heading straight off to Church for the Balanta 30th anniversary celebrations. The service was filled with music and Alvin falling asleep on my shoulder (again) but it was really nice to do one last performance and finish on a high as a group. We then returned to our hotel for a quick dip in the pool before our usual dinner at Papaya, ready to rest up before our final full day out here. Written by Harry.