The Talent Show

So today at school was the field day / talent show end of the year festivities. This morning was the talent show portion in the auditorium which began with an all-school salute to our principal who is saying goodbye at the end this year. I like talent shows but they tend to make me uncomfortable, kind of nervous even. I have to laugh when we do these because they tend to be very loosely organized and relatively off the cuff. That in mind - the first act was a band who took their inspiration from The Doors and you know you are in for it when they admit they are more or less just gonna jam; no real song to be played. The continue to play for around 20 minutes, seriously. Part of me applauds them for getting up and just playing loud obnoxious rock at school. The larger part of me is wondering how they made it on stage without someone inquiring about the direction of their program. It was funny because they were playing so loud that the applauding that the audience was doing, in hopes of giving them a prompt of when to call it quits was not even close to audible. I am laughing.
Overall, it was very interesting to see in the course of 9 months or so how much students mature, esecially as juniors / seniors. We are blessed with some very talented young adults that I am sure will go on to great things.