{"id":771,"date":"2011-05-23T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T12:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=771"},"modified":"2011-05-23T07:20:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T12:20:08","slug":"rfis-banquet-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ziegelbaur\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"RFIS Banquet 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the time of year when High School students around the world are in the thick of exams, struggling to stay focussed on classes,\u00a0looking forward to graduation, and celebrating the end of the year with proms and banquets!\u00a0 Banquet at Rain Forest International School is a major event; dinner out, dancing (appropriate ballroom dance steps learned in gym class for the occasion), and dressing up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/05\/Banquet-11-M.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/05\/Banquet-11-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMichelle with friends at the banquet<\/p>\n<p>The girls start weeks in advance, raiding the hostel\u00a0closets\u00a0and shopping at the big\u00a0outdoor markets.\u00a0 Then there are usually alterations to make the dresses fit, or to make them meet the dress code, or just to personalize them.\u00a0 Then the accessories &#8211; shoes, ribbons, purses, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The guys\u00a0also head to local markets in search of\u00a0used tuxes or suits, ties, shoes etc.\u00a0 And they get\u00a0local tailors to make them fit and look good!\u00a0 Result:\u00a0 a grand evening out!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-775\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/05\/Banquet-11-RJZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-775\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2011\/05\/Banquet-11-RJZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet &amp; Ron at the banquet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0Not only for the students, staff and spouses are also invited.\u00a0 So Ron and I attended the evening under tents in the yard of the Hotel Azur in Yaounde, with the President&#8217;s palace in the background.\u00a0 It was a lovely cool evening.\u00a0 The food was great: fish, chicken, beef, cooked vegetables, rice, potatoes and plantains, salads of avocado\u00a0&amp; 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