Summer Party

This year we had about 50 people come to the Zenrinkan summer party. The guests enjoyed some delicious food prepared by Hiroko, then had a chance to try lots of different activities organised by the teachers.
Alicia F had a Casino Night where the students could learn some words about poker and try playing (with fake money of course!).
Michiko helped people prepare a simple Aroma Therapy product using natural herbs and oils.
Gladys taught people a very energetic Latin dance which was almost like aerobics. Some very sweaty people came out of her corner!
Miura-sensei helped people write their tanabata wish using calligraphy brushes and ink. There was also a chance to write a Chinese character on a stone to take home.
Alicia S showed people all about American high school life in a photo presentation and discussion. Everyone was surprised how different it was to Japanese high schools.
In the hallway, Nicola taught an English traditional dance called Morris Dancing. As it involves hitting sticks together with your partner it was popular with the kids!
Rudy helped people make a bracelet that is popular in his state.
After everyone had tried their hand at the different activities, there were two quizzes - Chinese and English. In the Chinese quiz everyone guessed the meaning of Chinese words related to the Olympics using the sound and characters. Then the English quiz had two teams compete in front of everyone. Maybe the most entertaining part was the "picture relay" when four out of five members were shown a word and given 10 seconds per person to complete a picture of the word and then show it to the last member of their group who guessed what the picture should be.

Then the evening was finished off in the usual style with a song from the Saturday "Let's sing" group.