Last night Zoe and I had the opportunity to see T-Dog and Con-Man (my nephews) perform in their school Christmas program. In the past it's a musical and dramatic production. The kids audition for speaking parts, the remainder of the children sing in the choir. One year my oldest nephew, MJ performed a rap. It's all very fun to watch and see my nephews perform. We all share a love of the stage, so it's fun to see them shine.
This year there was some issues with costumes and other things that I don't quite understand. Speaking parts were cut, the program was shorter and there was way more singing. Con-Man had a speaking part that was cut, so there was some concern about him singing since he didn't have to learn any of the songs until this week. They put him in the front row of the choir and we got to watch him sing some of the words and yawn and look around totally bored the remainder of the time. He totally makes me smile!
Shortly before the program my sister informed T-Dog that he won't have to do any more music classes. Apparently it was like Christmas came early for him. Instead of being nonchalant like he usually is, he went out with a bang. He sang with all his heart, danced, exaggerated and really looked like a member of a boy band.
My sister was next to me giving him signals like a third base coach. From the look on her face, it was "knock it off!" While she was doing that, I was giving him a thumbs up and Zoe was making funny faces.
It was honestly the best school concert I've ever been to. I laughed until I cried and beamed with pride and my ham of a nephew.
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