Okay,
so I alluded to a funny story at Angel's Stadium
a week ago
and I just have to share it with you.
Too too funny!
We got to go for free
cuz Tamra
(our church children's director
and my good friend)
had extra tickets for Kids' Summer Camp.
So she offered to let us come,
because the church was gonna eat the tickets anyway.
They had about 100 kids there,
but still had too many left over.
So we got there,
and found out it was one of the few
mid-week
mid-day
games of the summer
so there were TONS of
schools,
camps,
and youth groups
there that day!
In fact,
the Angels Franchise
had this day marked as a
CAMP HALO
day game,
so just about the entire third tier
of the Angel's Stadium
was chaperones and kids
wearing all different colored t-shirts
that their churches,
school districts,
camp staffs,
or other groups
had them wear for "easy-identification".
It was a rainbow of shirts!
Kids were cheering the whole time,
and the chants like
"Let's Go Angels...
*long clap*long clap*clap*clap*clap*"
went on FOREVER
cuz... kids can do that!
It was loud,
it was fun,
it was shaded (thank you God),
and we all got a free hot dog too!
So it was like the 8th inning,
a batter had just fouled off a ball,
and we were dazing off,
waiting for him to set himself back in the box,
and receive the next pitch.
I think most kids,
by this point in the game,
were not really watching or paying attention,
and were going wild in their seats,
ready for it all to be over.
Onto the big screen comes the face of a pirate.
And the pirate says,
"Are you ready kids?"
I kid you not,
10,000 children responded,
"Ay ay Captain!"
so I alluded to a funny story at Angel's Stadium
a week ago
and I just have to share it with you.
Too too funny!
We got to go for free
cuz Tamra
(our church children's director
and my good friend)
had extra tickets for Kids' Summer Camp.
So she offered to let us come,
because the church was gonna eat the tickets anyway.
They had about 100 kids there,
but still had too many left over.
So we got there,
and found out it was one of the few
mid-week
mid-day
games of the summer
so there were TONS of
schools,
camps,
and youth groups
there that day!
In fact,
the Angels Franchise
had this day marked as a
CAMP HALO
day game,
so just about the entire third tier
of the Angel's Stadium
was chaperones and kids
wearing all different colored t-shirts
that their churches,
school districts,
camp staffs,
or other groups
had them wear for "easy-identification".
It was a rainbow of shirts!
Kids were cheering the whole time,
and the chants like
"Let's Go Angels...
*long clap*long clap*clap*clap*clap*"
went on FOREVER
cuz... kids can do that!
It was loud,
it was fun,
it was shaded (thank you God),
and we all got a free hot dog too!
So it was like the 8th inning,
a batter had just fouled off a ball,
and we were dazing off,
waiting for him to set himself back in the box,
and receive the next pitch.
I think most kids,
by this point in the game,
were not really watching or paying attention,
and were going wild in their seats,
ready for it all to be over.
Onto the big screen comes the face of a pirate.
And the pirate says,
"Are you ready kids?"
I kid you not,
10,000 children responded,
"Ay ay Captain!"
Greg and I looked at each other in disbelief.
How do these kids know the Angel's ads?
There's no way they've come to this park
enough that ALL of them know this ad.
The Pirate continued,
"I can't Heeeeeear youuuuu!"
12,000 children shouted,
"Ay ay Captain!"
Hysterically laughing,
Greg and I whipped around to see the
chaperones and other leaders,
jaws dropped,
tears streaming down our faces.
And then it all became clear.
The pirate sang,
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Sponge Bob Square Pants.
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he.
Sponge Bob Square Pants."
These 12,000 children
sang along,
all standing,
swaying to the music,
and smiling away.
I couldn't stop laughing.
It was so absurd that they were so bored
and suddenly all became enthralled by a song.
We cracked up.
Okay- so maybe it's not that funny typed up,
or maybe you just had to be there,
but if ever you get the chance
to hear 12,000 bored kids,
erupt into song in unison
you've got to grab hold of the opportunity
cuz it's great!
"Let's Go Angels...
*long clap*long clap*clap*clap*clap*"
How do these kids know the Angel's ads?
There's no way they've come to this park
enough that ALL of them know this ad.
The Pirate continued,
"I can't Heeeeeear youuuuu!"
12,000 children shouted,
"Ay ay Captain!"
Hysterically laughing,
Greg and I whipped around to see the
chaperones and other leaders,
jaws dropped,
tears streaming down our faces.
And then it all became clear.
The pirate sang,
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Sponge Bob Square Pants.
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he.
Sponge Bob Square Pants."
These 12,000 children
sang along,
all standing,
swaying to the music,
and smiling away.
I couldn't stop laughing.
It was so absurd that they were so bored
and suddenly all became enthralled by a song.
We cracked up.
Okay- so maybe it's not that funny typed up,
or maybe you just had to be there,
but if ever you get the chance
to hear 12,000 bored kids,
erupt into song in unison
you've got to grab hold of the opportunity
cuz it's great!
"Let's Go Angels...
*long clap*long clap*clap*clap*clap*"
1 comment:
you can tell charlotte watches sponge bob because when reading your post, i knew the song from the first line! i really didn't want her to watch tc at all but then she broke her leg... and now she does...
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