Kilifi Band trip 2013

The kilifi band trip, maybe one of the best trips that the isk´s arts department has ever made. Its a trip outside of Nairobi to make a concert at kilifi and interacting with the children of kivukoni school in the process. Unlike last year, the music students had to work together with the drama students, it made our experience with the kids of the school really fun. On May 2nd we left to coast, it was an hour and a half flight but all of us had a great time making jokes and singing in the plane. When we arrived to the hotel, we just had an hour rest because we had to visit the school, it was amazing to see the children again and they have grown so much since our last visit, and a kid named Mohamed recognize right away, i met him last year and he is such a cool kid it really shocked me how, after an year had passed, he still recognized me. We started Practicing with the kids for the concert with their parents. After hours of practice we finally had the confidence for the concert at the school. There was no pressure at all, we knew that our practices before and after the trip were enough for us to do an explendid job. While we were at the hotel, we spent our time playing water polo at the pool, play ping-pong, play pool, relax at the beach or just sleep gave us the chance to have fun while waiting for our concerts. Bonding with new people was maybe a big highlight in the trip, meeting new people and interact more with your own friends. The final concert at Mnanari hotel, where we were staying, was awesome, weeks of practice ended up with a very promising result. It was our final night in Kilifi so we decided to dance with the kivuconi kids while the other bands were playing and we had a lot of fun.

This trip was 10 times better than last year, we were more people, the hotel was better, the food was better and the experience that we had in this trip was unforgettable and it will be difficult not to remember all the happy and fun times at kilifi, i only wish that we could have spent another week. Still looking forward to next year.

High school and Middle school band of ISK with the children of Kivukoni elementary School