April 23rd. 2009- Indonesian Dance, Bulgarian Concert

In the morning I started learning Indonesia dance with UCLA undergraduate students. We have fiftteen students and two teachers. I am not a UCLA student but Professor Judy and TA CedarBough they gave me this chance. Teachers for Indonesia, their English is not good, but their have good experience. I studied Chinese contemporary dance and Tibetan dance before but this is really different. I liked their music very much because I studied their music.

In the afternoon there was a concert. The concert was Bulgarian folk music. and they have thirteen people in their group. They played music and have good voices. I talked to Tazvetanka Varimezova about Bulgarian folk music. She and her two daughter's have beautiful voices. I really want to buy their CD but they didn't bring it. So she said next Monday you can buy our CD.

Frank and Nicole's, Lisa Nemzo, Indonesian Performance

In the morning Frank came to my apartment to get us. Frank is my brother-in-law's wife's brother. At 9:30 CedarBough helped me with Frank we went to his home one hour away. Frank introduced CedarBough to his wife and children also he showed us his beautiful house and rooms; very nice and comfortable. But I really like his Apple TV. We talked a little, CedarBough read her book. Frank and I started working in his yard. He had a big yard, it is really nice. We worked for three hours. Then Nicole made our lunch. We had a good lunch and ice cream, then we continued to work in the yard. For two hours. They sent their kids to Nicole's sister's house and then Gracie lost her first tooth. Frank and Nicole wanted to go to the city and meet some friends and eat dinner together. But when we were coming back to the city on the road there were a lot of cars so we went very slowly.

I wanted to meet Lisa Nemzo at 6:30. But I can't. CedarBough called Rebecca and talked to her about our problem. And then she bought some food for us. Lisa and Rebecca ate dinner, very quickly and we went to UCLA and watched the Indonesian performance. The music and dance was all good and people liked it. Also some people looked at their instruments. People thought it was interesting music. After the concert there was a reception and some food and drink. Lisa Nemzo showed us her new CD but she said it hasn't been released yet. We listened to the CD. It's very nice, beautiful voice. And I like her recording. So I asked her about recording so we talked a little bit.