Going Away Party

One of the unfortunate realities of Peace Corps (don't get me wrong, it's well worth it) is that you are constantly making good friends only to have some of them leave every 6 months or so. This last batch of folks I saw 3 of my closest friends in country finish their service. Luckily, one of them is just moving to Lusaka to extend her service there. Since we don't have situational comedies to entertain us here, we find entertainment in having 'themed' parties. For this one, it was a joint bar mitzvah, debutante ball, and wedding so guests were invited and given personalities which they had to dress appropriately for. In the following pictures you can see that my role was an Arab. At the club I was a DJ whose handle was DJ G Had (two dots above the a).
Before going to the bar, several of us performed a concert. We practiced for a couple of days leading up to it and below is our setlist. All songs are original by Jeremy Thurston, (the guy in the cowboy hat) unless otherwise denoted.

I: Eli the Barrow Boy (The Decemberists), Mporokoso Road, Internment Camp, Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show), Mat George Got Der First, Dirty Sheets, and Three Bottles for Ari

E: Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Poison), Wagon Wheel Reprise

That's right per popular request we played an encore. All in all the night was grand and everyone had fun.