We had the Garifuna Dancers give a show on Thursday. The Garifuna were apparantly slaves that were dropped off on the island in the late 1700's. They have a museum on the island and are attempting to keep their culture alive. The group that came included a couple of hand drummers and 7 dancers. Several of the dancers were very large women but they could move. It was entertaining and everyone had a blast. They asked the customers to dance with them and I think all of them did. Madeline the cook urged them to get me to dance so I had to shake it a little. I'm sure I made a complete fool of myself.
On Friday we took the divers out for a couple of morning dives. We don't usually dive on Friday but since they missed so many because of the weather we made a special trip. They really thanked us and were very pleased.
Friday night the resort had a big party on the beach planned and the divers invited the dive staff. They guys were thrilled. Since they have over an hour walk home to change clothes I ran them to Oak Ridge and then picked them up later. We all had a few beers and I think a couple of the guys got boozed up pretty good. They didn't get in any trouble though and everyone had a great time.
We had a giant fire later on the beach and drank even more beer. Davinci lit a bunch of home made torches and put them all over one of the rock hillsides creating some great atmosphere. The divers loved the evening and so did the staff. It was certainly a welcome relief from the stress of the week.
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