Monday, April 6, 2009

Krystal Balalayka

Last Sunday, SMU hosted the 13th annual Russian Festival. I had to work all day so I couldn't make it. The Thursday following the festival, the awesome Russian musical group Krystal Ballaika was still in town and craving some good old fassioned Russian food. So my teacher, Tatyana Zimakova decides to give it to them. She organizes a party for the band members and their entourage at her house and invites students. I was the only one from my class to show.
I got to meet and socialize with the band. The band members ranged from 24 to 40is in age and were very social. There were several students there from the lower classes for whom I served as an intermediary. I translated back and forth from Russian to English.
Before long, it was as if I had known these band members my whole life. We were telling jokes and anecdotes. DISD educational film.

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