UPDATED: Micke Olsson translated the article in the comments for this blog. Check it out. Thanks Micke.
Here is a link to an article in the local new paper about our visit in Borlänge.
http://www.dt.se/nyheter/borlange/article641170.ece
Oh, by now our friends back in the US have clicked on the link and have said "this is in Swedish, I can't read this".
So I have included the a link to Sarah's class room blog post about our day for for non-Swedish readers.
http://mscastleberrystriptosweden.blogspot.com/2010/05/music-and-language-language-and-music.html
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Here's a brief and quick translation of the article:
ReplyDeleteU.S. visitors were piano students
The Exchange Group from the United States has been on a visit in Sweden for three weeks.
But today when they came to the music school in Borlänge, they were surprised to say the least.
- Wow, I have never done this, "exclaimed Sarah Castleberry.
Rotary in Sweden and central Sweden (district 2330) has for many years had exchanges with cities in other countries, including the United States.
Right now, five people from Wisconsin is on tour in Sweden in a few weeks.
On the schedule, among other things are three days in Borlänge. And early yesterday morning the delegation was waiting in the sun outside the music school.
- As we shall show Borlänge the choice was quite natural - our musical life, "says Bo Ågren from Rotary. He is the group's cicerone in the visit of Borlänge.
The host of this morning's visit to the music school was the teacher Marcus Moszny.
- I'm not used to teach in English, we'll see how it goes, "he said a little bit nervous before the meeting. But when he received visitors in the class room, he was in his element.
- When you learn how to play, it is important that you become friends with your instrument, "he says.
To show this literally, the Americans was seated behind the keyboards while the Moszny taught them to play the typical music for music schools "Spain" with three fingers.
The delegation seemed impressed by the activities and discussed the importance of all children having the chance to learn to sing or play, without the economy is to hinder.
On Monday the group also had time to visit with both the high school Rock Boomtown and Peace & Love Festival.