Twinning with East Lothian Scotland - the real deal
This morning was the last event for the group from East Lothian before these ambassadors of goodwill take a well earned rest … and what a last event it actually was. Finally they got to meet the other school children from Barga and exchange songs, some words, banners, presents and so much goodwill the air was humming with positive vibrations. The politicians had their big day yesterday, today it was children power and they took it in both hands.
The next time you read “school exchange visit” in an article remember some of the images here (and in the photo - album) and try and get to an idea of just how well these things can work given the will by the participating people. A great success on all sides. A wonderful day.
Click below to hear the choir singing at the school in Barga this morning
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hey frase and louise its iain in ure school it looks fun in barga i can hear songs and see pics cya
hi all those in musical youth its cammy robbie, laura, gerard,andrew, louise and peter antonely
cameron simpson
hi mrs gorden you on a beach yet cammy
fraser
The chat box on barganews has been filling up with messages from Scotland - here are just a few:
* Marc : Hi Fraser looks like u r having fun marc
* ANDREW : HI FRASER, LOUISE AND MRS GORDON ARE YOU ALL HAVING A GOOD TIME.:-D
* scott fleming : hi fraze we got a pich of loise and u but none of mrs gordon yet
* lauren : hope ure havin a good time and have a good tan lol
* lauren : well done
* sean : hope u r havin a brill time
* caitlin : hiya bbz
* lauren : im proud of yous at the ceremony
* ally s 6/7 : hi fraze looks good in barga have fun cya
* Tegan Stewart : hi hope you are having a great time. from Tegan Stewart p6/7
* keiran begg : lauren goes oot wi andy stevenson
* caitlin.p6/7 : mrs gordon are you there in barga or are you on a beach somewhere have fun its been great bye
* PERSON : HI
* keiran begg : hi evrery 1
* iain : fraz ma main man lol ghhgdfhbk.gil\
* Rikki Graham : Hi Fraser,louise and Mrs Gordon hope your having a nice time in barga well see you when u get back
* mc : HI
* mrs gordon : hiya
* caitlin.p6/7 : hiya hope your having a good time lousie,fraser and theres some great photos have a great timexxxx
* CAMERON SIMPSON : LUV U
* CAMERON SIMPSON : HIYA
* emma 6/7 7 : you are
* keiran6/7 : hi frazer it looks good at barga I hope u are having a good time there are pictures of u all over the website keiran
* EMMA STURROCK : YA
* LOLLY : HIYA
* Emma.S P6/7 P7 : Hi Fraser and Louise hope u both have a really good time in Barga, sorry we couldnt watch the ceremony. U lot sounded g8. cya soon! Emmax
* LAUREN p6/7 p7 : hiya louise and fraser hope u r having a good time we couldnt see the ceromony cause it wasnt on the page hope u had fun time c u when u get back cya xxlaurenxx
* Guest_1188 : ryt fraz hope u r havin a gr8 time ican see u on the website sean lindsay p6/7 cya
* scott fleming : hi fraser i hope you r having a funtime there is loads of pichers of u .scott
* cameron : hi fraser hope you had fun it looked good.you are on the web in almost every picture.cameron
Eilidh Alexander and Isla MacAskill and Florence Brydon hope you are having a great time enjoying the sunshine. Lovely to see your smiley faces on the website! We are all missing you see you back at school in sunny Scotland on Monday.
hiya ross baron love your singing and your pictured the fab with your big smile
c u soon xoxxoxo
hiya ross hope ur bein good lol r u havin fun lol see u on friday lol luv ya xxooxxoo
Hi Isla - love the photos - have a great time - look forward to seeing you back home Granny
Hi guys I’m home. Had a great time in Barga. See you all on Monday.