Dancing the Night Away!
The children & caregivers of the Rachawadee Girls’ and the Thanksgiving Homes were treated to a wonderful evening, cruising down the Chao Phraya, on the elegant WHITE ORCHID river boat. With the help of CTM, the wellknown White Orchid River Cruise company invited the children, teens and some caregivers on board the boat which was beautiful decked out with Christmas trimmings, for a buffet and a lovely cruise to take in the sights of some of Bangkok’s classic architecture.
Once on the boat before the rest of the guests came on, the children had time to explore the upper decks and check out the boat. By the time, the boat took off, they were ready and hungry for the sumptuous buffet of Thai, Japanese and some Western dishes. The attending waitresses were sweetly putting out extra plates of food on their tables, in case they missed anything!
Once the music came on, the girls could hardly contain themselves – squealing at every popular song that came on and singing along. If that wasn’t enough, they were jumping out of their seats when it was a song that they could sing AND dance too.
So the rest of the night saw the girls – from 4 to 18 – take the stage and floor, singing with the boat’s performer as well as just cutting loose, and having a great time just dancing wild and free!
If anyone told you that these kids are developmentally-slow, introverted and mentally-challenged, you wouldn’t believe it! There was such joy, enthusiasm that it was contagious – other passengers watching them soon got pulled in to dance as well. Soon there were passengers that came from the upper decks who wanted to see the action, and the life of the party on our floor!
They just had so much fun, that it was hard to stay perturbed about anything. Their joy and laughter permeated the air, especially on that cool pre-Christmas evening of the 23rd of December – an evening these kids will never forget!
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