Last night, we participated in our church's 1st International Night by preparing a table about our Irish heritage, which included a display featuring a map of Ireland and information about St. Patrick, and samples of homemade Irish soda bread (the Mary Van Dien recipe you gave me, Mom) and Colcannon (prepared by our co-volunteer Marianne Bullen). The girls were also the first featured performers at the end of the night (introduced as "The Rudmann sisters"), showing off what they've learned of the jig (as a duo) and the reel (Nora solo). They were followed by an accordion player of Polish background, and a Bolivian dance troupe. It was a wonderful night - over 20 countries were represented, showing just how diverse our church is (i.e. Iran, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, The Philippines, Trinidad & Tobago, Spain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Belarus, Ethiopia). The night concluded with us reciting the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, with each participant reading a line in his/her native language. I was so impressed to learn that the night was the brain child of a high school senior, Sarah Seyed-Ali, who hopes to major in international affairs in college. She did such a good job organizing it, I assumed she was in her mid-20s. A future Katherine Paula in the making?
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