It all started at Providence Elementary’s Winter Concert. It took place at Kempsville Middle, home of the Chiefs. The classes were getting ready for our songs. Getting in costume, and mingling with friends. The boys were dressed in dreidel costumes which were blue boxes with the usual dreidel letters on it. They were around our chest and tummy with holes for our arms, heads, and legs to stick out. The …show more content…
We got through the first few songs smoothly. In the middle of our concert after a song, where the boys were on the stage with the girls Mrs. Johns, my music teacher rushed us boys up the bleachers. The moment I am just about to describe is a bit of a blur to me. I remember walking up the bleachers and stepping on the 3rd and last bleacher then falling right through an opening in it. These bleachers had 3 rows, like stairs but wide. On the 3rd bleacher there is a bar supporting it, so you can lean on it. This bar was in a shape of a rectangular so it is possible someone could go through it. So I either walked up and fell head first or most likely, went up, turned around, went backwards to lean on the bar then fell through the opening. I remember when I fell through, my back was facing towards the ground in lying position. Believe it or not when I hit the ground it didn’t hurt. This was because of my dreidel box which saved me and took all of the impact. That wasn’t even the worst part, when I fell I knocked down the whole background. The background was a solid rectangle that had paper on it. For some reason it had a farm on it. So when I fell, the vibration must have knocked it down because I was right next to it. Mrs.Carolino and 4th grade teacher Mrs.Rhamy helped pick it up and made sure I was okay. When I got up and stood on the stands again everyone was clapping for me. Then, my cheeks started to turn red, and butterflies started …show more content…
At that time I felt super embarrassed but now I have learned to find humor in it. Now, I can laugh at it because it seems so funny that someone could fall through the bleachers and knock down the whole background. In life things embarrassing like this are going to happen to you. You just have to find humor in