STOMPIN' GEORGE GIANTS

Today my stomp club performed at the junior high next door to my elementary school. They performed for the Islander Club, a club of Marshallese students. We walked next door to the junior high and enjoyed the 87 degree weather on our walk. We were able to arrive a little early and practice the stomps before the junior high students arrived. When our host, the choir director from the JH, saw our stomps she thought to invite their STEP club, which is just like stomp only for girls. While the junior high students came into the choir room to get seated we stayed in the other room in order for the kids in both groups to get settled before we performed. I heard some of the junior high students say things like, "Oh, it's just some little elementary kids who are going to do something." While we got situated the JH kids all had a bored look on their faces. (Typical for the age I guess.) After the first stomp my boys did the whole room was smiling ear to ear, clapping, and cheering. The boys performed five stomps and the JH students seemed to really enjoy all of them. I was very proud of my boys. After the boys performed the STEP group (about 7 girls) performed one long stomp for us. It was awesome. The boys do a lot of "HUHS" in their stomps and the girls had a softer "huff" sound that sounded more femine and was really neat. My boys loved seeing the JH girls perform. I found out afterwards that the girls had never performed for anyone before. They performed for my 25 boys, the Islander Club of about 60 students, and about 20 teachers. I think it was a pretty awesome experience for my boys, the Islander Club, the STEP club, and the teachers. We had fun. I was very nervous before we headed over to the JH. Once we started the hike across the lawn to the JH I felt much better.