Petrovsk First visit Part B: Camp Following the recital at the music school, Ivan Nikolaevich, lead volunteer of the loose group of local and Chita volunteers that support the Children’s Home, drove me, two...
Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky: First visit. Part A: Road and Recital We were five driving southwest to Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky from Chita at 8:30 the morning of August 3rd: Victor and Elena, Olga Fleshler, me, and Janna, a publicist...
HOW THE CENTER IS FARING On Saturday at the camp, Director Natalia Nikolaevna talked to the committee of volunteers about the state of the school. Some of the good things are that the 2nd...
THE “YOU’RE SUPER!” CONCERT And then we went to the concert. Background: Three children from the Children’s Center, Zoya (12) and Anna (16) Chizhkova and Vitaly Tolochkin (10), auditioned into this new national TV...
PART 1 of 4: AT THE CAMP We drove the 6+ hours in two cars. The highway was noticeably better than 2 years ago, though still full of construction. I was with Vitaly and...
Time is flying! We are already in the last week of the three week session at City of Children’s summer English school. I found my niche as Loud Repetition Master. As a group and...
Tom here. Just arrived in Chita and learned that Vitaly Tolochkin and Zoya Chizhkova both living at the Children’s Center in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky (see previous posts here) shined at the “You’re Super!” (?? ?????!) nationally...