UT ESL End of Semester Banquet

Hilary invited me to join her for her school's end of semester banquet this weekend. It was a nice dinner, a talent show, awards were given, and to wrap up, the students danced! I enjoyed getting to know them the few classes I sat in on. And I loved watching them celebrate with each other their successes from the year. Here are a few pics and a video from the night...



Some of Hilary's undergrad students performed a traditional Arabian dance.












Also represented at the talent show was a Turkish girl who performed a traditional belly-dance.



In this video, students from Hilary's Graduate level class were unified as they danced to a Latin song. Students from Costa Rica, Mexico& Algeria samba together, a Vietnamese student dances with a Libyan classmate's baby, a funny white girl adds her dance skills (ha ha, hilary!), a lanky Korean watches- arms folded, but with a smile--, a Guinean in a suit lets loose!

Thanks for inviting me Hilary!