Just a little taste:

Last night the choir went to a multicultural event hosted by a group called Reteng ("we are here") which promoted multiculturalism in Botswana and further recognition and representation of the 28 or so languages that they have here. They seemed like a nice group, except for an odd comment from the man giving introductions to all the board members (who were spread out in the crowd) that went something like, "It is disturbing that our board members are so far from us; but I suppose that what is not disturbing is that they are all men." Say what!?

The night got started pretty late (as was expected), but the show was interesting and included a poet, a musical/street theatre performance on embracing ones ethnicity within Botswana, and of course: the UB Choir. :) We actually sang the national anthem, which was terribly embarrassing because I had never sung it before, didn't know the words, and had only heard it maybe once or twice. And I was in the front. I was definitely mimicking Rati's lips as much as I possibly could and praying that no one would notice. Eek! But the rest of the evening I was conveniently located in the second row so that no one could see how I was struggling to get the dances right during our songs and whatnot - I actually got pretty good by the end of the night, I think. And after we performed, we got to eat a free meal. It was the same old: samp, sorghum mash, morogo, chicken, and soup, with the added bonus of smashed beef, which was SUPER DELICIOUS. To drink we got little plastic juice containers of "Ginger Juice". That stuff has a KICK! I couldn't get halfway through mine, it was just too much, so I said "ke shapo" and handed it off to Thuna.

I didn't get any video or pictures from the performance on Sunday, but I did take a few videos in the combi on the way over and back from the performance. You can't see anything because it was dark, but this gives you a pretty good idea of how we roll in UBC. Of course, you probably won't understand half of what we're saying... To see(/hear) the video, click here!