My favorite gift I received over Christmas was from my little sister Katriina. It was a simple yellow shirt that she had taken a sharpie to and written in very large letters the word FUN. She said it was to remind me to not take things seriously and to always leave room for fun (since there isn't a lot of my style of fun in houston). I wasn't sure where I was ever going to wear this shirt, but something told me to bring it to Taos with me. . . . . . .
Thursday was a special Apres Ski event that took place after dinner. I had been looking forward to it since the begining of the trip, it was Karaoke night!!!! You all know how I love a good karaoke night. I figured since a lot of the people staying at the St. Bernard were old, they wouldn't be too terribly interested in singing so I would just have to convince them to come and listen to me sing a bit. (nothing like a captive audience, right?)
To help get everyone motivated to come and hang out, I decided to bust out the FUN shirt. Everyone at the table thought it was a riot and agreed to come listen to me sing one song. Even Maria, the 91 year old said she was coming! I was pumped.
Well right after dinner, I went and got the song book so I could start planning my song(s) for the evening and so I wouldn't be hogging the book all night. Well all of a sudden people started pouring into the bar of the St. B. Lifties, the ski boot guys, the ski patrol, locals of all sorts and soon the place was packed. I made sure I got on the list early and I'm glad I did since that would be the only time I sang.
The DJ/karaoke guy started it off with a song and then I was on. It took a while for the music to start and I pointed out the FUN shirt to the crowd. I got a "That shirt is awesome!" from the crowd. Finally they got the music and screen synced up and I sang that song "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia, it came off pretty well, I was pleased. I went back to my table and got a few more shirt compliments on the way. I did notice one weird thing, when the DJ sang a few people got up and started dancing, the same thing happened when I sang, a few more people got up to dance. The song between me and the next singer was not a regular karaoke-style song, it had a techno dance beat and then everyone got up and a full out dance party was on!
It was so awesome! I love me a good dance party! When the song 'Almost over Now' by N.E.R.D came on I put the shades down and played the rockstar and rocked it out with the nearest ski hottie. After that I couldn't leave the dance floor. Every song was a good one. They even had a slow song that someone sang and I found myself a smooth moving frenchmen who asked if I skied as well as when I danced. I was like, 'Of course!' I even danced with the kid who had been helping pick out the skis. Then I went back to my table and found Tina and Maria and their nephew who worked on the hill, and got them to come out on the main dance floor. Maria was hilarious, she was trying to be a god wing-woman and get out of the way whenever a guy would try to dance with me.
Then at 11pm, the party was over and everyone had to go home. There was a full day of skiing to be had tomorrow and you can't party too late and expect to make it through the next day. I slept really good that night!
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