Day 3, August 9 (Thursday): Well Deserved Reward 

After our arduous journey, our group woke up rested and refreshed, and ready for what was to be a most wonderful day.  After a hearty breakfast, sampling some of the best Brazil had to offer; the dancers and parents donned their bathing suits and started enjoying our two swimming pools and water slide.  Others discovered the soccer and volleyball courts and spent good portions of our day off wasting some of our pent up energy.

Our hotel is a beautiful place, very much resembling a country villa, with palm trees providing shade for the occupants, and a small arboretum with a whole family of peacocks.

Later that day, a Brazilian newscast agency arrived to interview the groups staying at our hotel, as well as video tape portions of our dance numbers.  We stunned them with a rousing performance of Krakowiak, topped off by our Lajkonik.  Two of our star dancers, Tomek Tarnowski and Julia Tucci, had the honor to be interviewed for Brazil TV.

After a filling Brazilian dinner, we organized a Polish discotheque and introduced the other dance groups to our style of dance and our unique form of having fun.  This was a great way to interact with other groups, and rounded off a long and relaxing day.  However, we knew that the next day was to be long and difficult, but after this much fun, we were ready!

Gabriella Sadowicz  

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