January 30.We spent the evening at the Cultural Center - a large building with an auditorium that easily holds 200 people or more - it even has a balcony in the back, and chandeliers! Tonight was in honor of teachers - many were recognized with various awards - following that was a music and dance show.
I found the music jarringly loud. Singers were accompanied by a keyboard and apparently some preprogrammed tunes and beats. The thing is, to my ear, often the singing and background music didn't quite mesh or the background had overwhelming bass. Perhaps it's more noticeable to me because I'm here recording music?
The hit of the evening was five dancers on stage: two in traditional dress, two in jeans and black tops, and a break dancer. It was wild to see such a display, and it was cleverly choreographed.
At the end of the planned show, Mishig commanded the microphone and talked about our project. He then showed some of the videos he had taken of the singers. People stuck around. Badmaa told me people were saying how good it is to hear the old music - it is not something that happens very often. Hearing that warms my heart!
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