Heavy Metal Funder (yes, funder)

Last night we went to a homeschool Thanksgiving Feast and Talent Show. I was amazed at all of the super talented kids (and parents) we saw last night. From a 2 year old little girl quoting Scripture to kids doing skits and playing instruments.
Cody is like me in that she does not really like to speak in front of large groups. She had decided ahead of time that since her talent is art, that she would show one of her paintings and describe it. I figured I would have to carry her to the stage and describe the painting while she held it in front of her face.
So the show begins and several kids go up and "do their thing". Then a little boy named Max hits the stage. Now, Max is 5 years old and ADORABLE! He takes the microphone and the background music starts to play, just the music, no words. This little guys sings Born To Be Wild, in it's entirety, with pure Rockstar quality. I wish I had the video because he was too cute, especially the part that evidently says, "heavy metal funder". In the middle of his "concert" I lean over to Joe and whisper that I bet Cody will have to follow Max. As he ends the song, on his knees with both arms over his head, all of the kids clap and hoot and holler for him.
The MC announces the next child..... Cody. Well, she walks up to the stage, takes the mic and proceeds to describe, in great detail, but without fist pumping excitement, her beautiful painting. As she finished the kids in the audience gave her as much applause and yelling as they did for little Max. It was so touching and sweet.
When it was Casey's turn to play The First Noel on the piano there was a small technical difficulty. Someone had accidentally removed the piano bench from the small (as in low to the ground) electric piano. The piano was behind a half wall so we could not see exactly what was going on. But Casey, never one to cause a scene played the entire song consisting of 2 verses and the chorus twice, standing, stooped over the piano playing and using the foot pedal. When she finished everyone clapped and she sat down. Then, the guy running sound (who is also a keyboard player) walked up the aisle and announced that everyone should be extra impressed because she played standing up, bent over, which is twice as hard, so she got another round of applause.
Overall it was a pretty great night! I so enjoy our homeschool group!