The Christmas packs are finished! You obviously don’t really know how much of a relief that is, but upon the prospect of near completion, random, involuntary squeals of anticipation may have escaped from my lips once or twice.
We have had a couple more Christmas parties since last writing, including two at the same location (one for the adults and one for the children). This set of parties was so funny because though we provided the parties and the packs, these parties were officially run by the people of that village. The funny part was mainly due to the music.
Let me just fill you in on the Cambodian reasoning in regards to music: Everything becomes so much cooler with maximum reverb (or echo), a keyboard needs to be at full volume (it should drown out anyone singing and ensure that audience members lose at least three years of their hearing from your event alone) as well as using the pre-set backing rhythms which are in specific keys (as long as the key doesn’t correspond to that which your performers are singing in), if a guitar is present, don’t tune it...ever, and play random strums whenever you feel led (also do this any time the audience is expected to clap or respond in any way). Also, make sure that you start setting up your sound system five minutes after the event is supposed to begin ensuring maximum feedback issues and deafening settings.
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