Amber's Chorus Concert

We went to Amber's chorus concert at the high school last week. It was during the "Heart of Hunter," so there were 4 other elementary schools performing, 2 jr. highs and 2 or 3 groups from the high school. Meagan was glad that the high school orchestra was NOT performing or she would have been performing, too.

When we first got there the high school band was playing. They were loud. I can see why Mr. Talbot has hearing problems. It was almost as loud as a rock concert.

Everyone was lined up to get free hotdogs and chips. By the time we got there, the only drinks they had left had caffiene in them. This IS Utah, you think they would have more non-caffiene drinks, but oh well. It was free. I was just glad I brought some bottled water.

By the time we got done eating, the high school madrigals were singing. They were SO quiet. Or maybe it was that they seemed quiet after the really loud band? Even the elementary school kids sang louder than the madrigals. Sad. I think they needed microphones.

Amber's elementary was the 2nd elementary school to sing. They were going along pretty well - singing a song about the alphabet - and the fire alarms went off. Blue lights started flashing, alarms blared and all of the doors to the commons automatically shut. A mother in front of us gathered up her 2 small children and scurried out. For a moment, scenes of chaos flashed through my mind as I pictured parents going crazy trying to get to their children who were all in groups in the middle of the commons waiting for their turn to sing. Fortunately that didn't happen. Everyone else just stood there like nothing unusual was going on. The school kids went on singing, even though we could not hear them.

Meagan said, "Maybe this is the fire drill we were supposed to have last week."

I told Meagan, "It's probably some little kid that's alot like Cameron used to be." Cameron pulled the fire alarm once at the Stake Center when David and I were getting our temple recommends. Cameron was probably 3 at the time. It took them about 15 minutes to finally get the alarms turned off - it was on a Sunday afternoon and the Stake President who has the keys to turn off the alarm was not there.

Right before the alphabet song ended, the alarms and lights went off and the doors re-opened. The kids were still singing their little hearts out. The second song they sang was called "Bus Stop." Kind of reminded me of that Beatles' song about waking up too late and making "the bus in seconds flat," but not quite as cool. There were a bunch of cute kids singing it, though, so that made up for it. Funny thing is, this is the first year the elementary school has not bussed kids to it. Ironic.

Our kids used to be bussed. It made life alot easier - except for when a certain neighbor girl would pick fights with our sons and then blame the fight on them. The bus driver would always believe her (she is very sneaky that way - still is). Our kids would get kicked off the bus for a day or two and she would still be riding the bus. But I digress.

We left after the 3rd elementary school finished singing and missed the parking lot crowds. By the time we got outside it was raining fairly hard. It was sunny when we left, so none of us brought jackets. Luckily David's oxygen didn't freeze up.

All's well that ends well!

More from Steven Wright:
"In school, every period ends with a bell. Every sentence ends with a period.Every crime ends with a sentence."