From September 15-October 15 Hispanic and Latinx/Latine Heritage Month is celebrated in the US. The dates coincide with national independence days in Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico.
I have a very sweet friend in Quito, Ecuador that I met through the pandemic. I say, "through" because I do not know if our paths would have crossed had it not been for the pandemic. During quarantine, my dear friend Thom Borden and I began the American version of International Sunday Sharing, already begun by our dear friends across the ocean in Finland, JaSeSoi, the Finnish Orff Association. We met on Sunday mornings via zoom and had hundreds of music teachers from around the world show up to sing, dance, and share. It was a beautiful thing, and I met and befriended such beautiful people, including MaCarmen from Quito. Ecuador has always held a special place in my heart as our family had an exchange student during my freshman year of college. Anita became very special to us and she is my Ecuadorian sister, now living in Cincinnati. When I got married, she came from Ecuador with her sons to be at our wedding and she is a beloved member of our family.
For more songs, books, and dances to celebrate Hispanic and Latinx/Latine Heritage Month check out this post.
Here is beautiful MaCarmen's song she shared, the song is from Colombia and is SO FUN!
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Aimee one question on this game. Do the students who end up on the outside, stay on the outside for multiple rounds? You might have explained but I missed it. So your group of students with instruments is growing larger and larger and your circle group is growing smaller?
ReplyDeleteYes, the students who stay on the outside continue playing instruments throughout and the circle playing the game gets smaller. So fun!
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