Koko desu, yoroshiku onegaishimasu

nice gaijin said:

頑張る (ganbaru) is along the lines of "I will do my best" and is a standard word used for things like work and school. ～てみる (verb in the te form and miru) is to "try something and see," like trying to each unagi to see if you like it (食べてみる); it doesn't work for "making an effort to do something."

I'd say どう思いますか (dou omoimasu ka) is fine for "what do you think"

上代 ancient times
城代 chamberlain
perhaps you meant 冗談 joudan, which is joke

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doinkies said:

どういたしまして！
（でも「ドインキス」より「ドインキーズ」のほうが正しいだと思います。）

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nice gaijin said:

はい、正しいはcorrectです。

去年、私は盆踊り（ぼんおどり）に参加（さんか）しました
踊ってる間に、先生が「よ、や、さ、の、さ、の、そ、は！」と言っていました。

sanka is fine for participate, but the particle would be "ni." also, it seems to me that when you use おどりをして先生は... it makes it sound like you mean that while just the teacher was doing the dance he chanted, as opposed to you or the whole group. using odotteru aida ni implies yourself dancing while the teacher chanted. And it seems that what he said was not a word, so I'm guessing it was your second guess of keeping the song's rhythm. There are chants that include words and phrases for bon odori, however.

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