Hoppin john in La Gran Villa MALL

Our finally show in El Salvador was at the Gran Villa Mall. We started the show by taking the glass elevator down from the second floor onto the stage, playing the whole way down. The funny part was we began playing up on the balcony, and when we went to catch the elevator down this couple beat us to and took the elevator, so we uncomfortably had to wait for the next one, while the audience was anxiously waiting for us. And then when we got the next one there was a couple in it as well, they were as surprised to see us as we were to see them. So we all crammed in and playing "this land is your land"in a very small elevator, the couple then was grinning ear to ear saying "this is sooo cool".
Then we started our show at this very large mall. the floor was full and people were looking down from the second floor. It felt really good, for being in a mall. Then we transitioned into teaching the Salvadorians the Virginia Reel. This was a big accomplishment, because since we arrived everyone keeps saying how shy salvadorians are and how they don't dance. Sooo....they danced, and right in front of a big department store, me and sean led a group of 12 couples. They were fantastic. It's like they had beening dying to do this dance and just waiting for someone to invite them. We made some folks happy.
Then we got to play 2 songs with Paulino and Guillermo, El Carbonero and Canasunganana.
Canasunganana is a beautiful lullaby that was remembered by a guy who said his grandmother use to sing this song to him. Because the indigenious people were killed off there is not many old old songs that are remembered so this song is special even though it is only the chorus that was remembered. The musician composed the rest of the verses. So we played this lullaby for our last song in El Salvador. Was soo sweet.