Karaoke Night!

For this blog entry, I was asked to observe a particular scene and to describe what was going on. I started out in the student lounge center, but I didn’t notice too much activity. Later on I attended the student Karaoke night, and I realized that is what I wanted to describe.

The hosts looked nervous as they began warming up the eager crowd, who were still awkwardly filing into the room. The audience continued to watch attentively as the hosts gestured to the sign up sheet, begging someone to write their name and choose their song for karaoke. One of the hosts improvised a commercial to entice the audience to help themselves to the refreshment table. To demonstrate how great the food was, he shoved a handful of popcorn into his mouth and slurped some juice. While the other host offered a corny joke to encourage the crowd, two brave boys crossed the room to sign their names.

The two boys excitedly chose their song and did some warm up stretches while the host invited them on stage. The crowd cheered, showing their support. As the song began to play the boys moved their bodies to the beat. They belted out the song loud, humorous, but good. Reacting to their audience the proceeded to ham up the song with dance moves and even a kiss on the nose from one boy to the other. The audience ate it right up, and other people began approaching the sign up sheet.

Two girls performed a Beyonce song, which included some dancing. Then two boys sang a harmony to a James Blunt song. Two STUCO leaders dedicated the Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” song to all the males in the world. The performances were hilarious; the audience was clapping and singing along to the songs. The atmosphere was light as nervous audience members would volunteer to perform the karaoke, and find themselves going up second and third times. It was quite amusing recognizing some of the people and watching them perform.

All of the performers had talent. Whether it was their singing ability, their dance moves, or their ability to captivate the audience with their ridiculous behavior. The laughter from the crowd poured out of the room.

After awhile, another event was announced to be taking place, and the crowd began to dwindle. Some left for the event and some people had just grown tired of the songs. Others, didn’t know when to quit. I was apart of the clean up committee, so I was there until the bitter end.The room, which had been so clean to start with, was covered in popcorn, and juice stains. The audience had moved in and out of the room like a hurricane.

The evening was a fun community event that had everyone laughing together and sharing his or her talents with each other. It didn’t matter if you couldn’t sing, or dance, no one was judging. Everyone was welcome there, and that’s how a community should be.