The Friendly Invitation...

So its time to enlighten our faithful blog-watchers about another great Latvian tradition. Known in Latvian as "Draudzigais aicinajums", or the friendly invitation (and also periodically known as the threatening invitation, or the multiplying invitation, depending on whichever particular typo was made on the Latvian newsletter announcement in question) this is a time when all Latvians are invited to "remember their school." You know - remember that place that taught you about the real meaning of life, about friendship, about truth and knowledge, about the the value of learning over other material pursuits. And this is the time they ask you - give those schools some money! (Or, okay, to be fair - books. Or money to buy books. You get the picture.)

This year Mudzuks played that ever important role of "Sheep #3" in the play.

(Nice underpants, Kaiva!)

Special cameo was made by Vecdzanitis as The King, whose "royal bones had become completely stiff..." according to his lines. Who the heck writes this stuff?! Did someone forget to mention to them that these events are strictly PG?


Nearing the end of the play, however, Mudzuks had had enough of her 15 mintues of fame, and decided she wanted to sit in the audience with Mamuks. She refused to even return to the stage. That is, until she heard the all the under-5 feet participants were being bestowed with the T-word...

Treats!