An elementary school festival in Korea

Sorry for the delay in blog posts recently. Sometimes I feel like I have nothing to write about...and then I realize that I'm in Korea and have no excuse. I can always think of something semi-interesting. Shame on me.

ANYWAY. This past Wednesday my elementary school had a school festival and it was more adorable than you could possibly imagine. For the past month or more all of the classes have been preparing a performance for the festival. There were dances, skits, and musical performances. Everyone had a time to shine- from the youngest kindergardeners (5 yrs) to the 6th graders.

I was able to watch all of the performances in the morning. With all of the classes performing, the show lasted almost 3 hours. They had the run-through in the morning and then the parents came in the afternoon. They had professional lighting for the stage, balloons decorating the gymnasium, student art surrounding the entrances, and, my favorite thing by far, costumes.

Since festivals in Korea are a common thing throughout Elementary, Middle, and High School, there are companies that are based solely on providing costumes to students for the day. It was incredibly cute and hilarious to see what the teachers chose for the kids. Some costumes matched the performance (Elsas and Hans dancing around to Frozen's Let It Go), while others had nothing to do with anything....which was great.

My favorite part of the festival actually had little to do with what the kids were doing on stage. During a skit about a doctor the Hava Nagilah was playing....loudly, on repeat, and definitely a klezmer version. I think I laughed until I started crying and then began singing along. No one understood but it was a great moment and really made me think of home.

All of these pictures were taken by the fellow native teacher at my school. Enjoy!

Doctor performance to Hava Nagilah.

Performance where they made different flags using paper to a song.

LOOK AT THOSE COSTUMES.

Traditional drum performance.

Teachers making the students laugh. Last performance.

Cheerleading performance.

Let It Goooooo....every Korean elementary student knows this song.

Recorder performance.

Look at those capes! Look at those suspenders! Just look!

Skit about students and something....I didn't get much. Korean class starts later this week.

Fantastic performance. Possibly 5th graders.

Youngest kindergartners. I think I was squealing during this performance. Words couldn't express how cute they were. 

Shiny outfits, shiny skirts/pants, and a great show.

Traditional drum performance by a 6 grade class.

Kindergartners. I think my heart exploded at this point.

Guitar class showing off their skills

Adorable. Look at those costumes.

I'll write more sooner rather than later. Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Peace!