A Moroccan Concert

So I arrived back to Morocco just in time to see my host dad's concert (he plays the rabab in an Andalusian music group). It was interesting because throughout the whole thing people kept on talking and even talked on their cell phones throughout it. But they got really into it when the band started playing a song (called sunset) that everyone knew. It was really cool to see every age group enjoy it and sing along, from teenagers to 10 year olds to pretty old people. It was so much fun watching my dad play his instrument and trying to hear when he was playing. It was also interesting because all the Andalusian groups on TV have only men, but this group had a woman lute player as well as women singers (that are sometimes present on TV). After the Andalusian group, there was a type of music that comes from Meknes that was mostly drums and a lead singer and when they played, everyone got up and danced and sang along and a woman who said she was my neighbor came and got me to dance with her and it was so much fun. I had seen a lot of other performances, but they were performances for tourists... this was for Moroccans, and it was so cool... for the first time I felt really really Moroccan. The coolest thing was this couple that I could swear were not Moroccan originally (i.e. they were caucausians) but they were singing along the most and the woman was wearing a hijab and they really seemed liked they belonged. I hope I could ever feel that comfortable in a culture that is not originally my own. It also was a great way to bond with my dad and see what he was so passionate about. It was especially fun because I got to see people I know from the center there enjoying the music too, dancing and singing.