The BWI 5 hard at work ( banyuwangi pcvs jen, keela, van, emily, and CRG in the back)
By Jen
We were invited to be a part of Banyuwangi Ethno Carnival (mentioned in the Thanksgiving 2014 post) again this year- but while last year we were VIP observers, this year we got dressed up as Traditional Gandrung dancers and walked down the runway and danced in the parade. I guess we’ve really gotten used to being in the spotlight here because we had a lot of fun leading a bunch of Scandinavian and German business students down the red carpet in front of a couple thousand spectators! (At least we knew what we were getting into, those poor things had no idea!)
Of course Craig ended up in on the front page of the newspaper entertainment section. And I got to meet my favorite celebrity singers from Banyuwangi: Suliyana and Wandra! We also got some time backstage to talk to them about stopping by our IGLOW-IBRO youth camp to talk to the kids!
It was a long day and pretty tiring, but it was fun to get dressed up and act famous for a day. Enjoy the photos!
One of my students also joined the parade and costume festivities. here she is at our dress rehearsal
We FINALLY got to meet Wandra, super famous local singer, celebrity and college student…
another sighting of awesomely tall boots at the dress rehearsal
Participant standing in front of his costume… Yes, he put that whole thing on his body and walked down the runway
vanika selfie!
husby selfie!
the amazing emily
Keela a.k.a. Calypso the Caribbean sea goddess
I was so starstruck to finally meet Suliyana, my favorite local singer 🙂
Craig with some kids about to walk down the runway
My makeup artist, Tika… yes, i know he’s prettier than me 🙂
Backstage with Suliyana convincing her to come to our IGLOW-IBRO camp
The BWI 5 and Ratri, our good friend who always gets us into cool stuff like this.
Craig got into the newspaper the next day
JAWANIMO 