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February 28, 2005
Know When to Fold 'Em!
It's funny the things you remember sometimes. Last night, Mom couldn't resist telling Don all my goofy childhood stories, including one about my fourth grade year. My class had performed in a concert recital for the school and all the parents singing The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. I admit, it was a fun to sing and we personalized the song with our own little interjections and gestures and the audience loved it!
So later that year, our class took a trip to Toronto. One night, we all ate at some restaurant. I was sitting with my best friend when The Gambler came on over the loudspeaker. I began singing along to it softly, then my friend joined in, then the next table of my classmates, then the next...Before you knew it, the entire class was performing the whole song. The rest of the patrons couldn't figure out how we all knew the lyrics and did all the same interjections, but when we were done, we got such grand applause!
Which also reminds me of the time we had just finished performing our high school musical--opening night of Oklahoma. We all went to celebrate at the local Stroh's Ice Cream Parlor. Of course, I started humming the accompaniment to one of the songs which prompted my friend to join in, which prompted the actors to sing the lyrics. Again, I had the entire place performing impromptu. There were only 3 or 4 other patrons there and they were enjoying our little act, but the owner decided to be a fuddy duddy and threatened to throw us all out if we didn't cut it out. Oh well...I guess not everyone appreciates great theatre...or maybe I just don't know when to fold 'em!
Posted by Amy at February 28, 2005 09:38 AM
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