Tuesday, December 02, 2008

The Foodless Banquet

"Banquets" in China can mean a couple different kinds of gatherings. It can be what we think of with food or it can be like a talent show but there is always some sort of formal stage or at least a podium where somebody will speak.

A week or two ago I was invited to perform in a "banquet" for the foreign students. I'm not a student but they were lacking in any western involvement so they asked me. There are quite a few Indonesian and Korean students here learning Chinese. The Foreign Language Department had some acts. This one is a traditional dance with the "pi pa" instrument. I love this picture!



I learned 4 chords so that I wouldn't have to sing a Backstreet Boys song or one of the strange English songs that are popular here but that no American has ever heard like "Yesterday Once More". I played "Free Fallin'" and it was rough but they never care and neither did I.


Perhaps the funnest part of the evening was when everybody left except the group who put the show on. They were cleaning up the room. One of the guys was singing karaoke to some song when everybody attacked him with the decoration balloons, popping them against him as he tried to continue singing.

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