I was that Girl

We were enjoying my son’s first school Christmas concert. For one of the songs, a girl got up to sing in accompaniment with the jazz band. The two adults sitting directly in front of us began laughing at this girl who was singing on stage. They didn’t chuckle at one bad note—though that’s not acceptable either, but they snickered and carried on like elementary students during her entire performance!! What a disheartening sight!!! It was a difficult song, and the girl had an amazingly strong voice, but you could hear the nervousness in her voice! These two old-enoughs-to-know-better were embarrassingly distracting.

Their behavior was shameful, and I almost spoke up to them.

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