Last night, I went to a celebration for the 99th birthday of Rotary. It was at a place called Las Brujas and it was with with Las Brujas (una bruja is a witch, but also a nickname for the wives of Rotarians). I gathered that it is a tradition to do this every year to bring together the wives of Rotarians. It was a dinner celebration that, besides the fact that it lasted four hours (from 9-1 am), was pretty cool.
The night began with a recap of Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, and emphasized how much his wife, Jean Thompson, worked with him to build up Rotary to what it is today. The youngest Rotarian I have ever met (92 years) said a speech about the two of them that he had memorized. Later the District Governor spoke and inducted a new club into Rotary- the youngest club I have ever seen (really- the average age was about 28). He also spoke of the need for clubs like this because it gives new life and a support base for Rotary to grow.
All of us scholars were introduced (there are seven of us in Santiago- all of them are pretty cool, I might add) but we didn´t have to do or say anything. I didn´t get a chance to meet the young Rotarians but Adrien got the adress where they meet. Hoprfully we will get to go to one of their meetings soon.
At the celebration
So the night ended at one, but really that was when it began. We went to the house that Peter (a Rotary scholar) is staying at- it was Peter and the six of us girl scholars rockin up to his house which was full already of a bunch of Chilean guys. Not a bad mix.... We stayed there until 6 am. It was fun, obviously.
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