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Traditional Korean music. I'm ticked that I didn't bring my camera with me today. (Edit - Sunja's husband had his camera and I got some pictures from him.) Sunja invited me to what I thought was going to be just a few elementary school rock bands and an orchestra performance that one of her friend's daughters was in. It turned out to be hundreds & hundreds of elementary school children doing an amazing day of performing. They did all types of things like classical music, rock & roll songs, traditional Thai dancing, tradition Korean drum line, traditional Korean dancing girls, ballet, numerous dances ranging from hip hop to cheerleading, and even a short musical. Let me tell you, you haven't lived until you've seen a 5th grade Korean rock band sing "I Love Rock & Roll, put another dime in the jukebox baby" with a cute Korean accent or a choir of Korean school mothers sing "Come On Get Happy." We then went out for some yummy Chinese food, followed by a few drinks at a brewery type bar that served small side dishes (remember - Koreans always eat when they drink). The had a house band there that sang everything from Latin to hip hop...even an Eminem rap. There was a small dance floor (I love to dance if you didn't know that) and one of the American ladies with us wanted to dance. So off we went! On the way I plucked a plastic rose from a vase and placed it behind my ear. Isn't that what they always do in the movies? We danced a while and went back and forth from our seats to the dance floor a few times. The Koreans are VERY shy people and seemed to really enjoy watching two Americans dancing.
"Dancing...Dancing...Dancing! Dancing Machine!" As the night began to close for us, we had the small dance floor full of Korean men and a few women dancing with us. I did my best to show them some basic side step moves and, of course, threw in a little "smack that ass" dancing to give them something to inspire to one day. One of the trips back to my seat, a Korean girl came over and asked for my autograph. So...my plan of total world domination has begun. I now have 1 Korean fan! Only 999,999,999 to go till I have a million Korean fans....man...I've got a lot more dancing to do. What I learned today about Korea: 1) Starrlite says the Korean word for fried chicken is "fried chicken." WOOT! I know more Korean!
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