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Petersham Youth Pageant
Somewhere out there someone knows how to spell that word.
Tonight/Last night Fiona and Kalisitoni unwrapped a special evening they’ve been preparing with the Petersham youth.
Which begins with the ever present feeding, in the Ozzie style BBQ (no puaka? where’s Tonga gone when we can’t even get puaka for a get together?) Thanks to the fire tending by Rose and ‘Anau.
The kids were having a blast playing around outside, while the final touches were being put up on the stage with Ilavalu and ‘Ita putting up the ‘star’ and getting some lights up for the outdoor, evening show.
Soon enough, there was enough food not yet eaten to invite all the adults and the invited Petersham neighborhood guests to the table to share in the frivolity.
Hey, some of those people look like they’ve gone back for seconds already!!
The youth band started us the formal program for the evening with some Christmas music, hymns, and popular tunes (well, as popular as some of the Tongan music can be.) Sisitoutai got up during the band session and did a shimmy disco that endeared him to the crowd (ma’u he tangata ee mafana ‘a Ngalo’afe)
But soon enough it was time to get off the mats and get ready for tonights performance.
The children replayed the nativity scene in a very well presented play. And the prize for the weary is more work. The parents agreed they wanted to see it all over again, so everyone has to dust off the dirt from tonights performance and we can go through it all again tomorrow noon for the regular church service.
Pretty neat mission by the kids and the church committee.
Inviting the neighbours is a real risk in being shunned and shown out, as well as exposing yourself as being fairly arcane etc.
We weren’t overcrowded, and we have plenty of left overs (but we’re Tongans and if there were no left overs, there’d be more to be worried about.)
Well done to the team that put the program together (not naming any names since I don’t know who was actually involved.) Everything went through very very well and those guests I was able to speak with were very very supportive and thankful for the church invitation.
Ne te ki’i kaiimumu’a aipe kita ‘o fakaafe’i mai kinautolu anytime they hear food is on the Barby to come over.
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