Da Der Commercial and Technical Vocational High School on 2/24

Our first visit on Wednesday was to a beautiful and very large (8000 students!) high school in Tianjhong Township, where we were met by Mrs. Hsu Wei-Chun, the Principal and Horng Liang Chuang the Executive Secretary to the Board of Directors. We were all delighted and impressed by this school! On arrival, a student performance troupe presented us with a demonstration of a Chinese New Year dragon dance -- incredible! We were amazed at the acrobatics and energy. They also performed a two-dragon dance that is specifically traditional to Taiwan.

We then went in to the hospitality school area and three students performed a choreographed Bartending display just for us. We also visited the art area, where a teacher painted a traditional Coy Fish ink painting and another taught us some ancient Chinese characters and brush techniques. At the beauty school, we were treated to shoulder massages by the students! Colleen was thrilled also to get out on the exercise field where she met with the head coach and did jump rope with a group of students.

We were overwhelmed with the generosity of the school administrators to us and our Rotary companions. We all learned from this visit.