New Car & Mega Saturday Night Dance

I can't believe it! We actually got the new truck on Saturday.

What a relief. The car shuffle and waiting in town was getting old.

I woke up this morning to a little rain and I didn't have to sweat the bicycle ride into town. I hopped into my truck and went to the gym, then breakfast.

Halleluja!

We went to the first annual Bailar (Dance) put on by a couple of our friends. They did a bang up job. They raised several thousand dollars for a local charity.

It was held in a huge fair grounds building. Over 400 tickets were sold. The place was full with everyone seated around tables, night club style.

They had a band stand and large, elevated stage for dance demonstrations. Professional stage lighting and a monster sound system...of course! And thousands of balloons in huge clusters hanging from the ceiling.

The band was a Panamanian dance band that played half local music and half gringo music.

It was LOUD...ear splitting loud. Just right for the locals.

After a hour of dancing, the dance demos started. Several dance teams were present from Panama City.

Dancing is BIG here. Many dance classes and dance clubs. Everything from the Tango to Salsa to Hip Hop.

The demos were extremely well done. The local gringo couple who sponsored the dance were in one demo and held their own.

This was a Gringo/Panamanian dance. Pretty evenly split between the 2 groups. I think we need more integrated events like this. Maybe it does a lot of good to bridge the two culture gaps.

A fantastic event!

We are now in 6 day a week rehearsals for the play. It is actually coming together.

Yella watched rehearsal on Friday and laughed a lot. About half of the acts were funny to her and she can see the rest coming together with more rehearsal.

We have encountered some hard feelings between a couple of the actors and the producer. Some loud shouting and stomping out of rehearsal.

The producer is a lightning rod for hot tempers. She is an MBA, CFO bean counter personality that does not mix with the actors. I don't envy her thank less job in the production. BUT, couldn't she try to put a lid on her rigidity, for God's sake!

Got to love that drama!

Yella is leaving for the States today for 3 and half weeks. She will miss my play. Too bad. I always value her opinion and support.

Well, off to stuff and more stuff.