I am now an official fan! 本格的なファンになった！

G'day everyone,How have you all been? Sorry I haven't written in a while but, as usual, I have been busy.
How many of you came to the Jambo! African Festival last month? Apprently there was over 430 people who turned up on the day...WOW! 430 people means we got to raise a lot of money for the street children in Africa and Ms. Matushita's organiztion, so a big thank you to all of those who bought a ticket or who came along on the day.

皆さんこんにちは、
元気にしてたの？最近このブログを全然書いてないけど、相変わらず忙しいよ～
この前の「ジャンボ！アフリカンフェスタ」に来た人いるかな？当日はなんと４３０人くらいの参加者がいたみたいなので、松下のＮＰＯ、そしてアフリカのストリートチルドレンのために沢山寄付金を集めることが出来た。参加者、またはチケットを買った人本当にありがとうございました。

I was working on the day so I didn't get time to see the movie itself, but I did get to see the Djembe group perform downstairs and they were very impressive with their speedy drumming and unique dancing. A few of
my friends came and talked to me after Sakaki Mango's first performance with big smiles on ther faces and said, "Nathan, you have got to see Mango's concert, you are going to love it!"

当日僕は仕事だったので、映画を見る暇はなかったが、下でジャンベグループの演奏を見たよー。彼らのユニークな踊りともリズムの早いドラム叩きがとても印象的だった。マンゴさんの演奏のあとに、何人の友達が大きいな笑顔で「ネイサン、彼のライブを見た方が良いよ、絶対好きだと思うよ」って言ってた。

I still had some work to do so I made sure that it was all finished by the time his 2nd performance began.When he came out on stage everyone went silent because he had such presence. It wasn't like any concert I had ever been to before- he talked (in his local Kagoshiman Dialect), he told jokes (in his Kagoshiman Dialect), he played a variety of instruments and he got everyone in the crowd involved...it was AWESOME!

仕事は未だ沢山あったが、マンゴさんの２番目のライブが始まる前にそれを出来るだけ済ました。マンゴさんがステージに出た途端に、彼の存在感が大きかったせいか、観客の皆は一気に沈黙した。今まであんなライブを見たことないっ！彼の地元の鹿児島弁で話もあり、ジョークもあり、いろんな楽器があり、しかも観客が参加できるような歌と授業もあって、本当に最高だった。

After the event was over, we all went out to dinner and I had a better chance to actually have a chat with him. He was a very down to earth sort of person and it was interesting to hear about his time in Africa as a Japanese person. Before we left the restuarant he signed the CD that I bought at the concert...Mango Sakaki, I am a now an official fan of yours! Thank you!

当日のイベントが終わったら、スタッフと協力者の皆でご飯を食べに行ってきた。そしてその時マンゴさんと普通に話することが出来た。凄く話しやすい人で、日本人としてアフリカでの話はとても面白かった。レストランを出る前に、ライブで買ったＣＤをサインしてもらった…マンゴさん、本格的なファンになったど～！あいがとぉ