Closing and Ghana Night with Deaf Dancers

Friday July 25^th 

Today was the last day for Cape Coast. We got to school by 8:30 and had a couple of hours to finish up things from the week. I took advantage of the opportunity to talk about the time capsule again. 

During the lunch break Cameron suggested that I go into the kitchen to have a look at the food preparation. So I went in and talked to a couple of the ladies. They were really friendly so I asked if I could take some photos. They were delighted with that and happily posed and explained the whole process to me. It was amazing and very efficient as they made lunch for about three hundred people. Not up to Canadian standards maybe, but very interesting as they prepared fish, rice, pepper sauce and cooked vegetables.

After lunch were the closing ceremonies which lasted two and a half hours. During the ceremony GNAT announced that Angela had raised $500 for a school, but that we couldn't go to a school because there was a one day work stoppage (a union protest). So they picked a school that they felt was the neediest and gave them all the materials that Angela had bought a couple of weeks ago from the school supply store in Accra. I took pictures of her and the happy winning teachers who were part of our Nkabom group, five energetic young male teachers. Then one participant wanted us to do the chicken dance again, so we did that. What a thing to be remembered for!

After a short visit to the hotel for dinner we headed back to the school for Ghana Night. This was a much better event than last week. They had a performing group from a deaf school, comprised of deaf dancers and about ten percussionists. The drumming was loud! The dancers performed tribal dances and were very good. Angela was pulled up on stage twice to dance and she had lots of fun. They also showed a couple of slide shows of different regions of the country.

Back at the hotel we had time for another drink before bed.