Pep Rally and My Humps

I cashed in a half day of vacation so I could spend the morning at the high school. Granbury has a home football game tonight and so there was a pep rally this morning. A group of football players wore the cheerleaders uniforms and the cheerleaders wore the boys jersey's. This made for a lively assembly.

My job this morning was to supply burritos for about 45 kids. I ordered them and picked them up as any good working Mom knows how to do.

When I arrived at the locker room, the football players were just showing up. The cheer coach showed the boys where all the cheerleading uniforms were and instructed them on appropriate fit as well as proper under-uniform attire. The boys had a lot of fun trying to find a skirt that might stay on even if it couldn't be zipped and a top that actually covered thier mid-drifts. It was really fun to listen to them talk to each other and ask one other how their uniform looked.

When it was time to practice, everyone was loud and excited, and it felt like mayhem to me, but the boys really were working on getting all their moves right, and the cheerleaders were working with them to teach them how to show spirit. Others were going back and forth bringing in megaphones and poms and cd player, etc.

The boys' list of responsibilities for the pep rally included the Fight Song, Cheer, Introductions, Band Song, and Routine. They knew the Fight Song fairly well as they sing it themselves at the end of each game. Their Cheer was to be the echo song back and forth "Everywhere we go-oh; People Want to Know-oh; Who we Are-re; So We tell them; We are the Pirates; Mighty, mighty pirates....." Introductions were a bit difficult as they kept forgetting which cheerleader they were when their name was called out. The Band Song was mostly about running in place and keeping their poms moving. Then we come to "The Routine". They were working on a routine to the song "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas.

OK - here is my precious 17 year old daughter walking them through this moves to this song as she said "slowly" and rather than count it out, the movements went with the words, so here she is calling out the words:

"Whatcha gonna do with all that junk
All that junk inside your trunk

I'ma gonna get you get you drunk
Get you love drunk off my hump
My hump my hump my hump my hump
My hump my hump my hump my lovely little lumps

Check it out"

After I write this I want to say "Lovely", but in a bit of a sarcastic, dry humor way, rather than the Lovely from this song. (I love all music, and I have loved this song from the first time I heard it.)

Seriously though, the boys were a hoot!!!! And although they got a bit carried away with their entrance and, therefore, missed most of the actions to the Fight Song, and although the announcer skipped introductions, they stole the show with their uniforms, their enthusiasm and their tumbling. Yes, many of these boys could tumble. Perhaps not with great form, but hey, they could do back flips as well as back tucks as well as a few histerical cart wheels and front rolls!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!

The boys received lots of laughter and Woo Hoo'ing with their routine.

Myt thoughts this morning were about how these events are where you see the very best in our young people. All the kids coming together to raise spirit for their athletic teams. There are kids participating in so many activities:  band, ROTC, dance, cheer, football, tennis, volleyball, student council, and sitting in the stands being supportive by dressing for the spirit day, and standing up and woo hoo'ing when appropriate.

What a lot of fun those kids had this morning. And so did I!!

As my Dad said so well, this is where these kids learn the life long lessons of teamwork, leadership, getting along, creating, speaking, etc. The facts are learned in class. Living is learned in the extracurricular activities.

Here's to hoping we win big tonight:  Volleyball and Football!!!!!! Go Team Go!

Namaste