PATTAYA, Thailand— It was a really unique occasion at the Wednesday, December 20, conference of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) when Poppy Quinn brought numerous of the trainees from the Dad Ray Structure’s Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind to use a homage to Dad Ray Brennan, the creator. They carried out tunes from their musical program “This Is Me, The Kid of Dad Ray.”
MC Ren Lexander presented Poppy Quinn, a previous school instructor from New york city, to start the program. Poppy’s intro to the program might quickly be a standup funny regimen, as he has numerous “one liners” that might be called “How difficult was the area I taught in.”
Poppy pointed out that he has actually remained in Thailand a little over a year and throughout this time ended up being familiarized and included with the Dad Ray Structure. Since his mentor background likewise consisted of the development and instructions of high school musicals, the Structure requested his aid in doing a musical to commemorate the 20 th anniversary of Dad Ray Brennan’s death. Dad Ray (1932– 2003) pertained to Thailand in the 1960’s and after ten years in the North he pertained to Pattaya where he ended up being the creator of numerous programs and schools to assist kids and the handicapped in Pattaya. See https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28618/thai-community-pays-tribute-to-unsung-hero-father-ray-brennan for a short summary about Dad Ray and his dedication and operate in Pattaya.
Poppy established the style for and directed the musical which was carried out by trainees from The School for the Blind together with The Pattaya Redemptorist Technical College (for the handicapped) and the Pattaya Redemptorist School for Kid with Unique Requirements. The musical consisted of an unique, caring homage tune to Dad Ray made up by the kids. Today, Poppy stated that this unique tune would be carried out for the PCEC, however would consist of just trainees from The School for the Blind. To learn more about The School for the Blind, see https://www.fr-ray.org/pattaya-redemptorist-school-for-the-blind/.
Before asking the blind trainees to sing, Poppy revealed a video from the motion picture “The best Showman” singing “This is Me.” This was then followed by the trainees singing their own variation of the tune with lyrics altered to be a homage to Dad Ray. This was followed with another video portraying the works of Dad Ray entitled “Unsung Hero.” These videos can be seen on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxugyZCfuw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJZVr-fqN8, respectively.
In acknowledgment of the season, the trainees likewise followed with 3 Christmas tunes; Angels Singing, Gloria, and Santa Claus is Concerning Town. This was followed by Khun Chit, Principal, Redemptorist School for the Blind. Khun Chit kept in mind that the school was produced 36 years earlier and has trainees varying in age from 3 to twenty years old. He stated the school’s objective is not just to teach a trade, however likewise how to have an independent life. The trainees live at the school and the older kids assist teach the more youthful ones. He welcomed those that may be interested to go to the school and, if they want, sponsor a lunch.
After the discussion, MC Ren Lexander brought everybody as much as date on upcoming occasions and contacted George Wilson to carry out the Open Online forum part of the conference where the audience can ask concerns or make remarks about Expat living in Thailand, specifically Pattaya. To read more about the PCEC, visit their site at https:/pcec.club.
