So a wave has swept the country of Banda music! My house brother and I went to check it out last night. Its kind of a throwback to big bands i.e. 16 musicians. They go around playing in nightclubs instead of Djs. And they wear some loud outfits.
So we went to this bar, complete with girls decked out in stilettos, guys dressed very suave, buckets of beer and tequila shots complete with disco ball and smoke machine and next thing we know a 16 piece band with 2 singers start belting out songs and everyone is dancing up a storm, including people doing aerials and very complicated spins, turns, and dips. They definitely played some common songs, because everyone seems to know the words. And to top it off a Mexican TV station showed up to capture the phenomenon and yours truly made it on (as I was only 1 of 2 gringos in the bar so I guess that was newsworthy).
Sounds like fun! Are you meeting other students too?
ReplyDeleteHey Curry
ReplyDeleteSo good to see you on here. Yeah meeting others, although its interesting...either people are retired or just out of school and want to party, but I just made a Mexican friend and we're gonna hang out on Saturday - which is good for the espanol!! how are you????