Friday, December 5, 2008

Who Doesn't Love A Little Jazz?

A few weeks ago, my friends and I, were looking for something to do. It was a typical Friday night; everyone we knew didn’t have anything the next day so they were already getting ready to go out and party it up. Since we had crew practice at 6 the next morning, and were all tired from the week that had just gone passed, we decided to stay in which we didn’t feel like doing. Who wants to stay in of a Friday night? Luckily our friend Kyle helped with our situation and told us about the Jazz and Blues festival that had been going on that night. It was going to be the second annual South Florida International Blues Festival, right here at NSU.
Thank G-d we were allowed to use our shark cards to get in because we broke college kids would have really been in trouble if they had asked for money. We were pretty happy just going to something, and it kept us entertained for a good while. We arrived in front of the Library, where the festival was being held, and we had just missed the performance of the University School Blues Band, which was the opener for the evening. We heard them all the way from our dorm and they sounded pretty good for a high school band.
I went to the festival with three of my friends. Two of which were from New Jersey, and one that was from Land O Lakes, Florida. Although Claire and I only live a few hours from school, it is safe to say that we were all pretty home sick. Both Heathers said the festival was fun but it made them miss home even more because of all the festivals they have at the boardwalk in NJ. Claire and I were sad because the towns we lived in had bluegrass, and we wished that would have been at the festival too.
After dancing around like we grew up listening to such music, doing the twist and other strange moves from the past, and a we comments from the old people drinking next to us, telling us that’s how they really used to dance when they were little and we weren’t even born yet, we listened for a few more minutes and went back home. We were pretty happy that we decided to leave our dorms and check out the festival because even though it made us a little more homesick, it kept our minds positives and who doesn’t love a little jazz?

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