Just another day in Conakry!

So, today is when our program with students officially started. We got the rehearsal space organized, I will have to take pictures of it tomorrow, because I neglected to do so today. My girls were quite enamored of the sheep they had there, and we attempted to feed it some grass and a carrot to no avail.

I have posted one video so far of the dundunba yesterday - this is Mamady Sano's younger sister - Rokia - doing a solo.

The rest of what I have for today is pictures that I took.This is Aly's beautiful cousin Alice serving us food.  She is the daughter of Aly's aunt who lives with us in Atlanta, and she is exuberantly full of energy and playfulness.

And here is Sophie dancing with Rokia Sano in our garage today.



Here's the little kids in the neighborhood who are fascinated with us. One of the boys says that he drums and dances both! They apparently climbed on top of the wall of the class place today -it has to be a 12 foot wall - so they could see Aly giving class! It is not very wide, and one of them was dancing on top of the wall!

Here is Seydouba - the butterfly - again

Here is Bountou happily eating Baxha on our front porch:

And here is a series of hungry faces waiting on dinner to be served! This shot is Papis, Aly and another drummer -

Gname, Bijoux and Yaoudi

Brad, Yetou and Khanaset

Gname requested a picture of himself alone -

Sorrel:

Khanaset, Yetou and Ballaket: