Berkley Performance

I think that the Berkley performance was a milestone for our class in a couple of different ways.

In the whole process of getting ready for and transporting ourselves to Berkely, I could really tell how close our Banjar has become. Thinking back to the first day of class and how quiet and nervous everyone seemed to me, it was great to look around andsee the friendships that formed in the class, the jokes being cracked and the fact that I was oblivious that I had a train of cars trusting me to lead them to Berkley, when I really didn't know where I was going. But we made it there anyways!

I also really liked being about to share what we had learned with the middle schoolers. I can understand how Francis has so much fun teaching us what he knows about Asian dance and performance, because when we got the kids to participate with us it was a cool feeling. We welcomed them into our Banjar and some of the kids got really into our oms and enjoyed our performance. I'm glad that I came across this class and had the opportunity to try something new this semester, and perhaps broaden the horizons of a few middle school kids :o)