Entertaining Children

A week goes by quickly. However, after this week's rehearsal, the results are still very good. Whether it is the cooperation between Xiao Yao and the entire band, or the band's proficiency in singing and playing Xiao Yao's "immortals", they have all reached a satisfactory level. In the words of Jenna and the other three viewers, it is: "It's so fucking great!"

Tomorrow is the day of the school celebration, and the members of the band who had already performed well in the rehearsal were a little excited, so after the rehearsal, everyone did not hurry to go home and rest, but got together to chat.

"I really didn't expect that we could achieve this kind of effect. If we can maintain the level of today's rehearsal on the spot tomorrow, we will definitely be able to stand out." Mike envisioned, "Tomorrow's school celebration will not only be for students in the school, but also for students from previous years." There are some famous people who graduated from this school, there are big people, and there are big stars."

"Oh." Compared to the excitement and nervousness of the others, Xiao Yao acted quite calmly. When he was young, he followed Chen Xuan to take pictures everywhere. He had seen many big stars in Europe and America, so he was naturally not as excited as others.

Seeing Xiao Yao's calm expression, Dean couldn't help but said to Xiao Yao: "Yang, are you really only staying in West Bridge for a year?"

"Yes, exchange students only have one year." Xiao Yao nodded.

"It's a pity," Dean shook his head and sighed. "It would be great if you could really transfer over. We can make you the band leader and keep this band alive."

"But Samien is already in the twelfth grade, and she will go to college next year." Xiao Yao pointed to Samien and said, "Will there be fewer people in this band next year?"

"You can call me Sam." Seeing Xiao Yao mentioning himself, Samien suddenly called Xiao Yao. Sami En is the full name, and Dean's Sami is the nickname, which is called by family members and very close friends. And Sam is the abbreviation, and those who can call her like this are already very good friends.

Dean glanced at Sammy in surprise, then looked at Xiao Yao and continued: "Since our band has even changed its name, it is no longer limited to a school student band. Even if Sammy goes to study Now that she is in college, based on what I know about her, the school she chose should not be too far from home. There are many good universities in the Los Angeles area, and college students have more free time. We can still get together often. But if you go back to China, it will be difficult for our band to develop greatly."

Seeing that George and Mike also nodded, Xiao Yao shook his head with a smile and said, "Thank you for valuing me so much, but I still have relatives and good friends in Huaxia. It is acceptable to come here for a year, but transferring to another school I don’t think about coming here, I don’t want to just leave them.”

"Good friend? Girlfriend?" Hearing Xiao Yao's answer,

Dean, who was taught to respect family and other people's choices since he was a child, did not continue to force Xiao Yao, but diverted his attention and began to gossip, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?" Xiao Yao was stunned when he heard this question, and a pretty figure suddenly flashed into his mind. After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Yao still shook his head and said, "No."

"Really?" Xiao Yao's hesitation did not escape Sami En's eyes, so Sami En asked: "Why do I think you are lying."

"It's a bit complicated, but I'm not lying, there really isn't one." Xiao Yao smiled wryly.

"So, Sammy, you still have a chance, hurry up and leave Yang behind." Dean laughed and teased Sammy.

"Go to hell!" Samion yelled angrily, kicking Dean's ass with his leg.

George and Mike also gave Dean a dissatisfied look, but after a while, they lowered their eyelids a little discouraged.

The annual school celebration is a tradition at this historic school, Westbridge Middle School. As usual, the school will send invitations to outstanding alumni who graduated in previous years to return to school. Of course, even graduates from previous years who are relatively ordinary in terms of career and achievements, the school welcomes them to return to school to participate in school celebrations.

It was the first time for Xiao Yao to experience the school celebration of an American middle school. Even when the band had a performance task, he still sneaked out to feel it.

The celebration activities of American middle schools seem to pay more attention to the feelings of students, and the content of the activities is more interesting. Compared with domestic schools, the sports honors and artistic honors obtained by school students are also more valued. Therefore, in addition to the students' academic performance, the introduction of the students' achievements in sports and art is also a focus.

This can also be seen from the arrangement of school celebrations. In addition to the regular items such as campus tour and performance introduction, the school also specially arranged a basketball exhibition game and an art performance.

Naturally, Xiao Yao would not participate in the campus tour and performance introduction, but he went to watch the basketball exhibition game for about ten minutes. As the performance of Joey Olsen, the captain of the basketball team who had a holiday, Xiao Yao also focused on it. I found that Joey, as the captain of the team, is a power forward who is relatively flexible inside. His physical fitness and basketball skills are very good among high school students. The only disadvantage seems to be that his golf quotient is relatively average. Reckless, it is estimated that this is also the reason why West Bridge Middle School's performance in the high school basketball league in California is relatively average.

The basketball exhibition game is arranged in the morning of the school anniversary, and the cultural performance is held in the afternoon.

Westbridge Middle School has two classical musicians who are popular in the United States, a classical pianist and a cellist, so Westbridge Middle School has always had a good tradition in music, especially classical music. But classical music is more valued by adults, and middle school students are more interested in pop music.

Rock bands are an integral part of popular music, so even though Westbridge's band has always been mediocre, its popularity has been limited. But they are also indispensable in the cultural performances of the school celebrations.

Unlike schools in China that usually put performances in the school auditorium, Xiqiao Middle School's cultural performances are held in the open air. On a large lawn space in the school, a wooden stage was temporarily set up, and the performance took place on the stage. And the audience has no seats. Whether it is the school administrators, teachers, returning star alumni or ordinary alumni, they all mingled with the students and stood on the grass next to the stage to watch, which added to the atmosphere.

The band of West Bridge Middle School had also performed publicly at the school before. Although everyone felt that their performance was mediocre, on such a day, a performance by a rock band can really improve the atmosphere of the scene. Seeing the band members moving their instruments to the stage and getting ready, the students below cheered and whistled out of shame.

Soon, the students standing around the stage noticed some changes in the band. The person carrying the electric guitar and connecting the lines and tuning it was not the 11th grade white student Nick Rockwell that everyone was familiar with before, but seemed to be a Chinese. When he faced the audience, many of the audience who saw his face clearly recognized him immediately, and exclaimed: "Kung Fu Yang! How did he become the guitarist of the band? Where's Nick?"

"Cindy, are they calling Kung Fu Yang? What's that?" Betty Bellett, who was sweet in the audience and had long straight blond hair, asked curiously a school administrator who was with her.

Betty Betty, who is now in her thirties, has gradually faded out of the model circle and transformed into her own fashion clothing brand. However, she was once the first sister of the Eva Show and a top model in the fashion industry. Celebrity characters. She graduated from West Bridge Middle School that year, so she was naturally one of the star alumni invited by the school on the anniversary day.

Betty's home is in Beverly Hills, not far from Calabasas. Therefore, Betty would happily attend the alma mater's celebration invitation every year as long as time allowed. On this year's school anniversary, Betty happened to be unemployed at home, so she appeared here as a matter of course.

"They're talking about the guitarist on the stage." The school administrator named Cindy, who accompanied Betty in business attire, pointed to Xiao Yao on the stage, "He's an international exchange student from Huaxia. The students said he knew Chinese Kung Fu, so they called him Kung Fu Yang."

"Kung Fu? Really?" Betty continued to ask curiously, "Is it very powerful?"

"I think so," Cindy nodded, "I heard that he beat the captain of the school's basketball team on the third day of school. He was punished by the school for it." She didn't have the awareness that her family scandal should not be publicized.

"Is that the Joey who wore the No. 5 jersey in the basketball game this morning? Joey is a whole size bigger than him." Betty said in surprise. During the basketball game in the morning, Cindy mainly introduced him to the captain of the school basketball team.

"Yeah," Cindy laughed, "that's why people call him Kung Fu Yang."

After Cindy said this, Betty was also very interested in the Chinese boy on the stage and began to look carefully. After such a careful look, Betty suddenly had a feeling of deja vu to the Chinese teenager on the stage.

"Hi everyone, I'm very glad to be here to perform for you." After the band members on the stage got ready, they didn't start to perform immediately, but Dean, who was the lead singer, stood in front of the microphone and greeted everyone. The audience in the audience responded with applause and screams.

"Before the performance, there are some things to announce to everyone." After everyone applauded and screamed for a while, Dean continued, "The band's guitarist Nick Rockwell has quit the band due to personal reasons. Regarding his withdrawal, we felt regret."

"Oh..." The students in the audience who had just asked where Nick had gone showed stunned expressions.

"But!" Dean exclaimed excitedly, "Our band also has a new guitarist." As he spoke, Dean pointed to Xiao Yao and said, "That's Jan Xiao from China, that is, all of us. You speak so well!"

"Wow!" Hearing Dean's introduction, many students who only knew Xiao Yao by name but never met him shouted excitedly.

Xiao Yao on the stage improvised a short guitar solo in a cool way, responding to the shouts from the audience.

Among the shouts of the students, there was also an exclamation from Betty Bellett. It's just that her voice was drowned in the shouts of the students. Even Cindy beside her turned her eyes to Xiao Yao on the stage and didn't hear it.

"young.shaw?...ys! Young!!" (To be continued.)