Sports Day Practise

After-school on Mondays I usually run English Club at Tokamachi Koko. This week though, the students will be arriving late because they are practising their dance routines for sports day.

From what I can gather, sports day is a massive event in High Schools. The students of Tokamachi Koko has been divided into eight teams, so one class from each year is part of each team and each team is designated a colour. The selections have been displayed on this board for the last few weeks:



The teams have sports events to compete in, which each teams specialist has been training. They also have a dancing contest and this is what is being practiced today. Every flat area around teh school has been taken up by students; the front of the school, the reserve carpark, even the roofs!




As I type and can hear stomping above from dancing students. I'm sure the roof will hold; a few hundred students can never be heavier than three metres of snow. Can they?