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SUEA DENG TEE HAK
This song is call ” Suea Deng Tee Hak” is about a man that’s falling in love with a girl with a red shirt. Suea means shirt, Deng means red, and Tee Hak is Darling.
SUAN MONE LAM LUEK
This song is called “Suan Mone Lam Luek” mean ” Wonderful Cotton Plant Garden”.
TWO VIDEOS
SECOND WORKSHOP OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Second Workshop, the students were separated into two groups. They first replay what they’re taught in the last workshops. After warming up, they were given the sheet of the music and started to play all the notes. So far, each group has been given a song as a homework assignment until the next workshop.
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf8f7WLgZ64
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AIY MA TEE LANG
SAO NONG HAI
FIRST TWO WORKSHOP OF MUSIC FESTIVAL
What an exciting project for the students, teacher and the organizer. On Saturday and Sunday 5-6/9/2015. MES has started our first workshop for the Music Festival Project. We advertised and got 25 students to join the work shop. The students are divided into 5 groups or bands and each of them place with one of the instruments and then take turn.
After several workshops students will be able to play a song and they will then play with modern instrument band, like drum, guitar and bass.when the workshops have completed, the participants or trainees will get a reward certificate and perform on the concert with other musicians. Also these instruments will be available at MES, so they can schedule when they want to come for a practice and continuing practicing it. As this is their first weekend or first workshop, they got to know about the instruments and learn basic techniques of how to play them.
The person that’s also very important for this workshop is the instructor Mr. Sayasith Saliyavong. “Saynyasith Saliyavong is a traditional musician and teacher. He teaches traditional music at Kiettisack International School in Luang Prabang. He has his own band named Lanexang Maholy. He started to learn Lao traditional music since he was 10 years old and he used to play with many famous Lao traditional bands in Luang Prabang. He also used to direct plays at the heritage house in Luang Prabang.”
Here are some photos and a short video from the workshop!
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgYLoyuiHkU&feature=youtu.be
A VISIT OF MR. TOULA HOOK
Mr. Toula Hook is a Communication and Culture Officer of Swiss Agency for Development and Coorperation SDC Embaasy of Switzerland, who’s been in charge of supporting Music Festival Project that MES’s organizing.
Since he’s been connecting with other many projects in Luang Prabang this year, he’s to come and visit Luang Prabang more often. Last Friday, it was his first time at MES. It’s very nice meeting him and it’s very a pleasure showing him around the school and introduce him about MES. Also briefly to talk about Music Festival’s work shops and rehearsal and the concert. MES very appreciate the opportunity of Music Festival Project and looking forwards to the successful concert at the end of the workshop.
About SDC:
“The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the government of Switzerland. In collaboration with other federal offices, SDC is responsible for the overall coordination of cooperation activities in developing countries, cooperation with Eastern Europe, and the humanitarian aid delivered by the Swiss Confederation.
The goal of development cooperation is reducing poverty. It is meant to foster economic self-reliance and state autonomy; to contribute to the improvement of production conditions; to help in finding solutions to environmental problems; and to provide better access to education and basic healthcare services.
SDC partners with local and international development organizations to foster good governance and strengthen citizens participation in national decision-making; to improve food security and sustainable use of natural resources; and to strengthen vocational education and create job opportunities. SDC is committed to gender and ethnic equality, climate change resilient interventions, and conflict-sensitive program management.
More info of SDC: http://swisscooperationmekong.org/
LAST CONCERT VIDEO IN BAN NAMPHAK
Ban Namphak is a small village in Nan District, south of Luang Prabang province. It’s about 2 hours drive in a bus to get to Ban Namphak. There are more than 70 houses in the village and the village has more khmou ethnic than Lao Loum and Hmong. It’s a wonderful experience to share our music there and that was unforgettable opportunity.
MATTHEW MAGENNIS AND OTHER VISITORS
Another grateful of help from Mathew Magennis with guitar kids and other couple Birgit Undfabi from Germany, Lim Goun and Nohji-Eun from South Korea for visiting MES and leaving some comments.
