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Welcome our new cleaning lady Miss Toun!

“My name is Toun and I am from a small village in Paklay district. It’s about eight hours by car down south  Luang Prabang and Sayaboury province. I just finished high school and came to Luang Prang to search for a part time job to make some money to go to university. I love music very much, and I wanted to study it when I was at high school, but there’s no school there. I’m so excited when I arrived in Luang Prabang and realized there’s a music school. I spend my evening and for extra English classes and practice music. Hopefully, in the future I’ll be able to help other students.”

Mr. Soulixay is one of our free level students. He completed his guitar lessons and got a certificate of basic guitar lesson from MES in 2014. After a guitar lesson, he took bass lessons and practice himself and with friends until he was secured and played in the band with others.  Later while he was having a holiday from school he worked part time and saved some money to afford his own acoustic drum.

Sometimes he also assist the MES teachers and help students at MES with acoustic guitar and bass. In the last few months when MES electric drum did  not work, he lent MES his acoustic drum for the free level students to practice. Now, he’s lent it to MES again. The drum students are very proud of him and his sharing, so are MES staff.  Very Appreciate!

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Another generous local family that’s got to share!  Mr. Vongsak is a little boy on the left hand of his father, carrying a dark red guitar on the back. He’s one of our youngest students but very concentrate and respectful in the classroom. He’s been at MES for a few weeks and his dad is very happy with his progress and bought him a little guitar that just fits his little hands. Last week, his dad came in with his little brother and made some monetary donation to MES and wish to see MES keep doing such a job and keep helping others as long as possible in the future. Thank you Vongsak and family very much!!!

MES Laos would like to THANK YOU  MES CAMBODIA AND REVERSE9 DRUM COMPANY for your valuable support of a very good quality   electric drum set. Because of your generosity, we’re able to further our mission in  bettering music skills of the students at MES Laos.

MES could not do what it does without your generous support of a caring our community. Thank you again for your thoughtful gift to MES Laos. Most Sincerely!

Here’re a couple Nando and his partner from Venezuela and are around Luang Prabang for a couple of days. After have read about MES and would like to pay a visit to the school!

Nando plays very well bass and had a jam with some free level students. His partner plays African drums and it was very interesting.

They visited a local village and created 2 unique traditional saws for MES to hang it on the wall.

We wish you a Happy Pii Mai celebration and a prosperous and wonderful 2016 !

At this festive season of the year, we would like to thank our sponsors and donors for your treasured support given to us. We value your patronage and appreciate your confidence in us.

A very nice volunteer Charles Borrowman from the USA. Thank you for sharing many year experience of playing the guitar at MES. Charles was travelling in LPb for a few days and came across MES’ blog with interests of helping the others. God bless you!

After breaks for a few months for Wednesday activities. Last Wednesday, it was a lot of fun and big laughing going on. Everyone was so happy and wanted to play more after all. The activity was arranged by our staff and it was so much fun and very useful. The activity was enabling them to review their previous music lessons in a fun way and no losing anyone’s face. At the end there’s group photos.

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Little but special blue jam with a couple of visitors last week. Thank you for sharing basic techniques and chords and blues licks with MES students.

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Meeting two friendly ladies Naomi from Scotland and Anna Sweden at music school last week, showing them around and having a small chat. Hope to see you coming back longer in LPb and volunteer at MES next time. Appreciate your visit and encouraging comment!