Music and Culture day at COSC!

Today we visited the Copeland Occupational and Social Centre for a music and culture day. We met at St. Benedict’s before heading to COSC in the minibus (which was badly driven by Mary ;-)). When we arrived at COSC we were all given a traditional Tanzanian shirt or scarf.  It was a fantastic opportunity for us all to share our cultures with one another. It was especially exciting for me as I only became involved in the link on Thursday; everyone was so welcoming and made me feel a part of the group.

Ivan led the group in singing the national Tanzanian song “Tanzania Tanzania”, we also listened to the Tanzanian national anthem “Mungu Ibariki” which was great! We thought it was only fair to share our national anthem with the group too. Other songs which we sang and danced to include: “Maria”, “Inganganbwite”, “Natambea”, “Timoti Sosi” and “Tumogele”. During “Tumogele” Mr. Chotta and I pretended to get married while the Tanzumbrians sang the wedding song to us.

It was a fantastic opportunity to us to experience the Tanzanian culture however it was also a great pleasure for the Silver Liners to be able to share many songs from their repertoire with us, such as ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’, ‘You’ll never walk alone’, ‘La Bamba’ and ‘Twist Again’.  COSC provided a lovely buffet for us all, which I’m sure everyone will agree, went down a treat!

Everyone had a wonderful time… a day to remember.

Jodie Mingins