I will share with you my favorite Christmas memory in a few days, for now I will share the second favorite memory.
I was 6 years old and in the first grade. We lived on Ft. Benning and my brother and I attended McBride School. Every year the students would but on a Christmas program for the parents. The first graders were to sing "Rockin' around the Christmas Tree." A very good song, one of my favorites still. In honor of the Christmas season, I had on a frilly red and white dress, white stockings with my good shoes, and a beautiful bow in my hair. I felt beautiful.
Now, as most people know, when you put a girl in a frilly dress she twirls. It simply cannot be helped. It is something girls are born knowing. Little boys make sound effects, little girls twirl. Now, this little girl was in a beautiful frilly dress, and catchy music was indeed playing.
Apparently the large group of 6 year old children were expected to stand still while we sang this unbelievably catchy song. I however did not hear the "stand still" command, and thought that the performance could benefit from some dress swishing (a swish is a half twirl). The music teacher didn't appreciate my contribution to the concert, because she kept whispering and gesturing to me to hold still. After a few looks/whispers/gestures from the music teacher my "real teacher" started trying to get me to hold still, even my own mother gestured for me to stop. I couldn't stop.
I had to swish.
After all, the song was about dancing.
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