This post is taken from an email home, July 17, 2006
Our destination is Kuala Lumpur for the ISME ( International Society of Music Educators) Conference. Our "hostess" for the occasion is Deb LoCascio- a fellow music teacher and long time friend from Saudi Arabia. She flew in from her home in Vienna, Austria to join us for the conference.
We flew 13.5 hours from L.A and landed at Chaing Kai Shek International Airport inTaipai. Stayed 4 hours,
then on to Kuala Lumpur airport which is located outside the city in jungle of palm oil and rubber tree plantations.
We’re staying with Deb at a private residence belonging to her friends who teach at the American School in Kuala Lumpur. The house is like the one I lived in Laos in '68- with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, living and dining rooms, and a large kitchen. Its nice to have a house to stay in, although we have to take busses and taxis to get to the conference center.
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| private residence where we stayed! |
KL is a large, bustling city. The conference center is next to a huge, multi-storied shopping center near the Petronas Towers.
So far we have seen Malaysian and Chinese opera (performed by high schoolers of those countries) and a fabulous performance by students from Saba, on the island of Borneo. Exciting costumes, dance and music.
The conference has about 800 participants from 69 countries. Fin went to a Chinese percussion workshop and I went to one by Denise Gagne from Canada.
Love to all and hugs from us in hot, humid Malaysia!
Di & Fin
Deb LoCascio, Fin & I at the opening banquet for the ISME Conference
Three student dancers from Saba, Malaysia ( on the island of Borneo) wearing exotic feather head dresses.
Dianne learning traditional drumming techniques at a Malaysian music workshop.
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