July 15, First workshops and kickball rules

Between the Lines updates (international writing program)

During the writing workshops American and Russian groups split. The Russians were asked to introduce themselves in 5 sentences using numerals in each sentence.

In the evening we went to play kickball, which is close to baseball in rules with the only difference that you don’t have  a bat and kick the ball with your foot before running to the base. Americans seemed pretty familiar with game while explanation for Russians  had to be more detailed as the rules of baseball were not familiar either. Somebody though got it right away as it reminds our lapta.  Karaoke night followed in eager attempts to choose a Russian song to sing. Finally Ivanushki international were chosen with their  Poplar Fluff. As most of the audience could only guess through the movie and music what was going on, holding the mike close to the mouth was not necessary. The movie shot at the beach with a pretty girl and bravery of 4 Russian students caused a round of applause.