This year is our university's 70th anniversary. They have done lots of celebrating in the past few weeks, but last weekend was THE event. We went to the main campus (about an hour away) for the festivities.
The other mom on my team and I came a little late because we were putting the kiddos to bed. When we got to the gate, the guards wouldn't let us in. They kept telling us (in Chinese--good thing she understood!) that we needed tickets. We called our teammates and they didn't need tickets when they came earlier. So one teammate came out and tried to let us in. We tried to play the foreigner card..acting like we didn't know any better. That ended us surrounded with several angry guards, no yelling at us. So we stood like helpless little lambs until our Chinese administrator came to the rescue. She flashed her badge and we were on our way.
I had no idea what to expect. I knew the Chinese love to perform (whether they're good or bad..more on that later). This was a new level. I walked into the stadium and immediately thought I was going to lose my hearing. It was insanely loud. Like, 10 times worse than a concert. Perhaps it was the pitch and tone of their voices that I'm just not used to. So, we sat there for 3 hours watching performances. Some were good, others were...not. But we sat there like good little foreign teachers anyway. Here are some pics...
Or not. Something may be wrong with the pic loader. I waited for 15 mins. to load 4 pics and none of them loaded. I may try again later..
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