Art Center

Friday, February 4, 2011

This morning we got up early to head over to the Art Center, which is a large market that is designed for tourist purposes (very similar to something you would see on an island) right next to Tema Station (one of the base stations for the trotros). The market was hectic as usual, but I was able to get a dress for church and a small drum, which I had been looking for for the last week. Finding a dress was intense; every seamstress that was lined up in the maze of dresses threw different items at you and was trying to help you pull them on. We just wanted to get out of the isles of clothes so I chose a dress quickly, which actually ended up looking rather nice.

Later that day we practiced for the last time for the Durba. We heard our music, got positions, and prepared for the performance, which happened the next day. We were supposed to arrive at eight, but when we got there we were informed that we weren’t going to start for thirty minutes. So we went over to Bush Canteen and got something to eat. When we returned the dance hall was still occupied so we went outside and started to mark the dance. We then decided to play some games like telephone and ninja, until around nine thirty when the dancers terminated practice. We practiced until about eleven and then we went back to our rooms to get ready to go out.

We went to Duplex, which is a place I would not suggest. It was really small with such American music, but we made it fun by bringing all of our friends their and invading the entire bar. We danced all night and it turned out successfully ☺