70th Anniversary at JangChung

So this week is my schools, Jangchung Elementary, 70th Anniversary meaning I don't have to teach the entire week. This, as you would expect, is very nice because Cara and I both have Korea's worst cold.  So I asked my co-teacher why the school was putting on such a huge production, thinking that in Korea the 70th anniversary was special or culturally important for some reason.  She didn't really know why either, she said that the 100th anniversary is really what is important.  You should know that I have missed 1/4 of all my classes for the past 2 weeks, due to preparations, on top of not having any classes at all this week.  I will say that enjoyed the first day of the festival, watching the students run around in some amazing outfits and or costumes, jump-roping to Korean Pop music, playing traditional Korean drums while dancing, and playing instruments.   

                                                 

I love this kid, not to mention the costume.  I don't know his name, partly because my school didn't want me to give English names and Korean names, other than Park and Kim, are impossible to pronounce, but he is one of my favorite 1st graders.

Sorry for the poor quality, but I thought these videos might give you an idea of what the performances were like.  The voices you here at the end of the "I Love You" video belong to my co-teachers.