Well, we sure did the King's birthday up right. Here are pics from that event. ( Sorry for the double blog, but too many pics to upload in one!)
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| Ryan's outfit for the performance...... |
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| Abby's outfit for the performance. Note to reader: I had a super cute athletic outfit all prepared, but then the moms came over and told me they would dress me for the performance. When in Tonga right? |
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| The kids put their stockings on during the bus ride to town. Most took them off right up until the performance as they did not like having to wear them. Bear feet rock! |
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| The King and Queen's viewing platform. |
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| The performance field. |
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| The King's flag flies! |
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| Our favorite Tongan pride outfit of the day. This is Samu, one of the Ministry of Education officials. |
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| Youth helping prepare the King's gifts. |
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| These are just some of the beautiful, handmade gifts the people prepared for the King. |
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| I am with Mele, one of my favorite moms and some of our neighbor kids. We had a righteous breakfast of homemade chocolate cake with homemade frosting. Moms went all out to spoil the kids.... and us! |
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| Tu'anuku gets the call to come on the field...... |
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| and we pose to show our styling outfits. |
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| We take our position as the top of the cross on the flag. |
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| And wait to begin. |
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| Still waiting to begin. All of us teachers tried to keep kids quiet and in their line. 45 minutes later, we gave up, relaxed together and let them have sock and arm pom pom fights. |
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| The high schools (called colleges in Tonga) parade in. They looked awesome! |
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| The colleges performed more traditional Tongan dances for the King. They lined up on the field one behind the other so when one was finished, the next immediately took the field. |
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| We all had so much fun eating cake, ice cream, watermelon and suckers while enjoying the beautiful entertainment. Ine is pretty content. |
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| And after everyone left and Tu'anuku was still waiting for the bus to come get them, there was time for hill rolling |
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| balloon popping |
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and tree climbing. All in all, a pretty spectacular birthday party.
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| P.S.- The King's license plate is better than your license plate! |
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