Chapter 3: Fitting in.
Alright, I'm gonna overlap a bit. Last time I told you I helped Joe Eisele get a few of his errands done but that was the next day, Sunday. On Saturday, after I got to Interlochen, my dad and I got my stuff and met some of the teachers I thought I would have. Turns out I would never take that class but anyway. Then my dad left (boo hoo). We headed over to the cafeteria and ate dinner. By the way the cafeterias are really nice. After that we played some ping pong and I learned tether-ball then went home and went to bed. Not a bad day, eh?
Next day, I helped Joe get ready for Interlochen, you know, taking care of forms and getting his uniform. Then we went together to do our auditions. This was about 3:00. Then, it was time for the opening ceremony at Kresge. Kresge is the big performance hall on the main campus where a lot of big performances take place such as Bob Dylan, Guster, and Collage.
This thing was huge! We walked in with our IBL sign which stands for Intermediate Boys Lakeside. There were about a hundred or so Intermediate boys and three hundred Intermediate s. There were High School kids too and in the middle were the juniors. Behind us were the students and then family, friends, and guests. When everyone was settled there were about three thousand people crammed into the place and then it started.
So first the president came onstage and welcomed everyone and there were some small introductions and (oh wait, president of Interlochen. not the united states.) a dance number too. Then, my favorite part. The president told us he was going to call out certain things such as boys, piano, theatre and if these things have anything to do with you, you stand up and cheer. So he said boys, s, women, men, piano, organ, guitar, violin, viola, intermediate boys, intermediate s, high school s, high school boys etc. I stood up for the ones I belonged to like boys, piano, intermediate boys, and new people. Then he said he was going to call out the countries and when you hear your country, you should stand up and show some patriotism. Amazingly, the Bahamas was first so I stood up and cheered but I was the only one. Everything was quiet for a second, then I started cheering again and the crowd went wild.
Ooooh, I've always wanted to say that.
So yeah, that was cool. After that when I met anyone it was
"Hey, you're that Bahamian kid!"
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