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What will everyone remember or forget from this trip? It's hard to say exactly, but as one of our English friends, Robert, said, I don't think Julian will forget being the volcano in Ecuador. CEDFI organizes a really great parade that all the kids in the school participate in. Each class chooses a special theme and then they create a float for the parade that travels through the center of the city. Julian's class chose to do a theme of the old time Ironworkers (Los Herreros). However in addition to the carts of Herreros banging away on steel, they had a huge volcano on their float. Julian was selected by his class to be emerging from the top of the volcano. Eliza's class chose the theme of traditional campesinos called Cuyembenos. She was dressed in a colorful costume and made a great gringo Cuyembena. The parade took place on Saturday December 13. It was an amazing cultural experience and a great prelude to the larger event that occurred on Christmas Eve called Pasa del Ninos. This is an all day parade of children in costumes on floats to celebrate Christmas.
We miss everyone, especially around the holidays, but we have been enjoying our break.
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Hello, I'm not sure if I have the right address, but I am trying to reach the CEDFI elementary school in Cuenca, Ecuador. I would like to locate Juana Andrade, who was a teacher there in 1995 when I visited the school. She later came to the US and spent some time with us in North Carolina. Can you help me to see if she is still teaching there? Thank you for your time.
Joan Elliott
hi_joan_elliott@hotmail.com
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