stodgy

wednesday my brat kids and i volunteered to help out at the Army Soldier Show
they are an amazingly talented group of soldiers that sing, dance, and play instruments, all to entertain their fellow soldiers.
these are real soldiers
they have actual units that they belong to, they get to leave those unit though while they are touring with the show, every year its a new group

well
we were at the show hgetting people to fill out little papers for their chance to win a phone card
we were told that there would be seets saved for us, and there were,
excelent seats
the show started and i was great
about the second song one of soldiers came on stage singing I walk the Line by Johnny Cash
he was GOOD

the crowd however.....
i wanted to check for a pulse
they did nothing but polite clapping after each song

i had the honor of seeing the show at ft stewart.....we hooted and hollered and let the soldiers know that we were loving what they were doing....every high note, every note held for more than 10 seconds, every cool dance move, every silly little thing that these GIs did was met with applause and cheers
they get up and dance when the music moves the

not here

so i leaned over to my young friend sitting beside me and said we gotta wake up this crowd, get em on their feet

so as the amazing GI paused in I walk the line, i let out a loud wooooo and clapped, right during the pause

you would have thought I had stood up and screamed racial slurs at the guy,
he smiled and kept on singing, he knew the crowd was not dead
the lady next to me however crossed her arms and scooted her chair away from mine
the boy scouts a row up turned to look at me, and my young friend just laughed

the coolest thing happened though
the crowd did loosen up a bit
they clapped a bit more to the music
they cheered during an amazing cultural dance number
they laughed, and i even heard some people singing along

at the end of the show though, while the GIs were on stage catching their breath in formation
my young friend and i were on our feet clapping, and we stayed there untill everyone else was on their feet too
took em a while, but they did give those GIs their well deserved standing ovation

the boy scout mom sitting next to me though apparently did not think my having a good time and showing my support of the Soldiers amusing

she would benefit from having the rod up her backside surgically removed

damn that show was good though
http://www.armymwr.com/portal/recreation/entertainment/armysoldiershow/