Summer Guitar Workshop for kids in San Ramon, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Part 2

In the midst of the second day of classes here in San Ramon. So far things are going well. There were a few snags in the plan (for example, more than 12 students showed up that hadn't registered properly), but for the most part our class is well on its way.

Here are photos of the "Centro Promocional Cristiano por la Paz y por la Vida," where the class is located:

The street it is on (note that most of the unnamed streets here are cobblestoned in the traditional hexagonal shaped bricks called "calzada," very common here in Nicaragua, in fact there are entire highways paved this way):

The Centro has arranged to have four classes which each meet twice a week, and since there are four guitars here already (all in working order, just had to change a few strings), we can have up to 12 students per class.

This means I will have approximately 48 students while I am here. I suspect some students will drop out and others will attend. Already I have had students with some experience playing chords and some melodies (the ones who have guitars at home and a parent to teach them), but the majority of the kids are complete beginners.

So far I have students from ages 7 through 18 and they are attentive and respectful to me as their "profesor" (or "profe" as they say it).

Here are some photos of the first class session:

More info and more images to come! ...