The Rock Band Group

(note:  owen has taken up journalling again (real pen and paper!), likely because we started doing it with Finny.  this is one story he wrote recently.  The kids often pick their own stories for bedtime reading and always crack themselves up.  Now that Owen is reading well enough to read mom and dad's handwriting, he reads his entries from our happy days with Teacher Gloria in 2006.  Thanks TG for this inspiration.)  Here is the latest entry from Owen:  

The Rock Band Group

Michael Jackson was the leader of The Rock Band Group....and he was the singer.  Ted was the drummer and Chip was the guitar player.  There were some other singers:  Bif, Kipper, Wilma, Wilf and Finny and Owen!  They played lovely songs.  We played in America and in Africa.  Sometimes we played our songs in Australia.

The name of the band is "Super Rock Band!"  We sing about people.  We sing Michael Jackson songs even though all of us aren't Michael Jackson.

The night we came to Lusaka, the children that usually go to bed before they come were there.  The night we came to Lusaka, the children AND the grown-ups were there waiting to see Michael Jackson and the singers and players.  They all cheered and clapped when they started to play -the audience cheered. All the people loved the songs.

Suddenly some dancers came onto the stage to dance with them.  That made the audience feel even happier and MORE exciteder....no, just more excited.  When the people got so excited Michael Jackson had a present to give out to the children.  The children got DRUMS! ...like drums they had in the play....and Ted was very happy too because he was one of the drum players and he liked the children having the same thing he had.

When the band was over the children all went home but they didn't go straight to bed; they played on their drums!  They tried and tried to do what Ted was playing on the drums but they couldn't do it because the hadn't practiced a lot like Ted has.  Ted DID practice....he has practiced a lot.

In the morning they went to Livingstone.  They did another play in the morning.  All the children and grown ups came.  When the playing finished they went to America (only the band).  Before they did the play they were selling Michael Jackson pictures.  The children got them for free.  When Michael Jackson said that they got to have them for free they were very excited.

When the play started the children and parents come like every time but they played a different song!  It was about people.  They all played the right song.   The other singers didn't know the songs so they were dancing!  After the play, the dancers told Michael Jackson taht they know the song but they thought they didn't know the song.

(whew!)