Saturday, March 12, 2011

FINLEY COMMUNITY CENTER

TODAY I WENT TO VISIT AN ART SHOW AT THE FINLEY CENTER NEARBY. THEY HAD VARIOUS ART THAT WAS MADE BY A VARIETY OF STUDENTS AND ADULTS. SOME OF THE ART WAS CERAMIC AND WOODEN SCULPTURES. SOME WERE WEAVINGS, AND OTHERS WERE OIL PAINTINGS AND ACRYLIC PAINTINGS. THEY ALSO HAD SOME SCULPTURES OUT OF COPPER AND A VARIETY STRANGE NEW FANGLED METAL SCULPTURES.

IT WAS UNUSUAL THAT I MET A GROUP OF FIJIANS WHO I HAD KNOWN FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH PREPARING FOR A WEDDING WHICH WAS IN ANOTHER WING OF THE BUILDING. THEY HAD OVER 100 PLACE SETTINGS AND THEIR GROUP HAD PREPARED HAWAIIAN FISH AND PLAINTAINS AND A VARIETY OF FRUITS AND OTHER RICE AND BREADS. THEY HAVE A LUAU OF SORTS. THEY HAD SOME BABIES THERE ALSO. MY FRIEND FEOKO IS THE AUNT OF THE BRIDE. HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE SHE HAD FINALLY GOTTEN A CARE GIVER'S JOB. SO MANY FIJIANS ARE HERE AS GOOD CARETAKERS. THEY ARE VERY DEDICATED TO THEIR COMPANION.

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