A Seat On The 50 Yard Line!

       The crowd was well into the game before
anyone hit the field. It roared with excitement
and wild anticipation! This was bound to be a
barn burner!
        But wait a minute! I wasn't in a stadium!
And there was no game!
        I was in a High School auditorium
waiting for a student concert to begin. And the
shouting I was hearing came from both students
waiting for their call to the stage and a fair
number of adults scattered throughout the place.
       It was the loudest I've heard an audience in
many years of attending plays and concerts in
schools, colleges, amateur and professional
theater!
      At one point there was a temporary
reduction in the roar as a school official blew
his whistle attracting the attention of both kids
and parents as well. I thought, for just a second,
that a field judge had called a foul!
      I hoped it might be followed by a penalty.
      Eventually the music provided by the
various classes saved the evening. But not before
I listened to 2 complete cell phone calls from a
woman sitting not more than 7 seats away.
      Even movie theaters remind patrons to silence
their phones before the show begins.
      Once on stage the kids provided the
entertainment most of us had come to enjoy.
They did a great job! The crowd noise they like
comes in the form of applause!
     And it's nice to see a school sharing the
holiday with the community. In this case, through
songs of the season! Its new Music Teacher didn't
let us down!
     Hope we'll all remember....the action should be
on stage, not in the seats! Hope all your NEWS is
good!