Today’s
session at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk was dedicated to the
Thanksgiving Day in the USA.
The slide
show reminded to the club members the basic historic facts about this holiday.
The glass model of the “Mayflower” ship in a bottle caught everybody’s
attention and enhanced the atmosphere.
Our
American guests Sam and Tondraya clarified some unclear situations about this
holiday traditions in different states. The questions asked to the Peace Corp.
volunteers about various aspects of the holiday - typical foodstuffs, menu,
ceremonies, etc.
The video
from You Tube illustrated the topic in more detail. We learned how to
· save on buying food for the feast,
· carve the roasted turkey
· how to behave at the Thanksgiving
table and keep up conversation.
The American guests explained how the holiday
is celebrated in school – with lots of craft activities.
This
prompted the creation of the Club’s turkey – each person wrote on a feather
shaped piece of paper for what he/she is grateful. The numerous feathers gave
the Club’s turkey a nice tail.
On this day
English Speaking Club speaker Tamara likes to meet the club members in the historic outfit of a
Pilgrim lady.
This year
she expressed the wish to have a Pilgrim gentleman at her side. So the club
members formed two teams and started to create a hat for the pilgrim man. Each team had its own designer. The Pilgrim
model Vlad (also dressed in the historic outfit) tried both hats on and made some funny
photos with the Pilgrim lady.
The
clubmembers voted for the best Pilgrim’s hat.
Once the official part was over we continued the tradition of the last year and had a collective dinner with turkey and traditional foods – pumpkin pie, Three sisters (beans), etc.
The session
and the after party were enjoyed by all the participants and strengthened the
Club’s team spirit.
Wow! We would like to be a part of you this Day!
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