All-school Sing

Today, my childrens' school had an all-school sing. I was invited to attend, because I volunteer in the classrooms. I took my seat in the the auditeria and watched as 600 little people filed in to the room. Then the show began. Each grade went up on the stage and sang a folk song while the rest of their classmates and parents watched. Of course between numbers, the kids started making a lot of noise. The music teacher did the magic clap hands trick, and everybody shut up. It was actually kind of amazing to see. Finally, near the end, a kid got up on stage and announced that there would be an all-school dance. Six hundred kids dancing? No way! He asked the students to mind their manners and dance "properly." Whatever that meant. The song came on. It was the popcorn dance. Right foot heel. Left foot heel. Right hand in the air. Left hand in the air. Hop to the side. All the way around this went, until their final position was a squat. They all made a sizzle sound and then...POP! They all jumped up. Six hundred popcorn kernels. It was hilarious! (And yes, they all danced "properly.")