Official Opening day for the trade school

you can see the cameraman videotaping

 Today was the big day with speeches, television coverage, ribbon cutting, food and even classes.













Here is a photo montage of this morning's events.

John and Evelyn Wiens with Maxim who was the emcee

the view from the front (I was standing next to Garry who was speaking)

cutting the ribbon (it was red and satin)

The students then went into school, Garry and his translator followed them, and then the guests and officials

There were lots of decorations - even helium balloons

Garry (and Olya his translator) and the students went to class

A display of farming stuff inside the class

.....while the guests had refreshments (see the posters of farming)

Maxim, John and some officials who spoke before the ribbon was cut

The trade school official even came to the barn with the camera crew- 

I even went along to the barn and handed out some nice good milk to drink from the tank, before John took them off to tour the girls' house in the village-







 I hope to get some pictures of that soon, and the other one they are working hard on renovating now for the boys.

I had a short English class after Garry finished, and this afternoon the students had their first lab at the farm, they counted bales of straw and hay and measured the corn silage to calculate how much feed there is for the winter.