The Ten Commandment Boogie

Yesterday I woke up early to go to church to help with Sunday school. For the past few weeks we've been teaching the kids a song and dance to perform in front of the whole church called, "The Ten Commandment Boogie." The song consists of obviously, the Ten Commandments, in a child-like translation and a simple dance. For those past few weeks us teachers and volunteers have shown the kids the motions only to have one or two of them actually try and follow along. It was pretty pitiful. Yesterday was the day of their performances in front of the church. I volunteer during first service, so I was there waiting for the kids to arrive when at first only three kids showed up. Things didn't look so good. But then another kid arrived. And then another. And a couple more. And then we had about fifteen kids, more then we ever usually have for first service. And the best part? The kids were actually doing it. As we rehearsed they all joined in and tried to sing and dance to the boogie-beat. The teacher in charge was very pleased. So were us volunteers.

Well, we were, until found out the game plan. So the teacher in charge was going to stand back in the middle isle and continue to do the dance in front of the stage facing the kids so they could follow her lead, while us volunteers were supposed to go on stage on both ends to make sure none of the kids went crazy and ran off the stage or something. This meant that we had to dance and sing too. As we were going in, a little boy looked at me and said, "Okay, I really don't want to do this." "You and me both kid," I thought. So we all went on stage, and all did it. Yes, that's right, I did the Ten Commandment Boogie in front of my whole church. (Well, those who went to first service.) The kids suddenly weren't so great at doing the boogie, but at least most of them tried. And I have to say that I did too. I could see my mom watching me as I did this, smiling. And I saw a fellow-volunteer, one who worked second service, smirking at me. So I must say that I felt somehow justified during the second service, when I sat taking pictures as I watched the second-service volunteers do the Ten Commandment Boogie along with those kids. Hypocritical? Maybe. But hey, it is a catchy song... And with that I'm going to leave you with these words:

The Ten Commandment Boogie, gonna dance until I die.... The Ten Commandment Boogie, you can do it so can I..... If you follow it through, you'll be amazed at what you do... so get your groove on with it tonight, do the Ten Commandment Boogie....