Middle School (Book #1 of the school series)

Chapter 31: Opening Night Part 3

Cory walked onto the stage and read from the paper: The following year, the members of Queen collaborated with David Bowie to create "Under Pressure." A No. 1 hit in Britain, the song's distinctive bass line was later reportedly used by Vanilla Ice for his 1990 rap hit "Ice, Ice Baby."The group's ability to sell albums began to wane by the mid-1980s after The Works (1984), which featured the minor hit "Radio Ga Ga."  He walked off of the stage as the music began to play, which the first song was "Dancer." The music began to play, Derek came strutting out onto the stage, grabbing the microphone stand. "I'm not invited to the party, Been sitting here all night, I'm all alone at the party, I don't feel all right, Ain't got no black coat, Ain't got no tie, I gotta shape up now, Come on,  baby you gotta know why!" Derek sang, "Take off!" He got on top of the amplifier. "Dancer, dancer."  The four of them sang.  "I can't live with it I'm gonna die without it!" Derek sang, throwing his arm in front of him. "Dancer, dancer!"  "Ain't no doubt about it!"    "Dancer dancer!"   "Why don't you kick off your dancing shoes, And come and ride with me?" Derek sang, hiprolling his hips to the beat of the song. "Cool." he jumped off of the amplifier and he put the microphone on the mic stand, taking the neck of the microphone stand in his hand. "You're the life and soul of the funk-tion, It took me all night,  To get hold of the right introduction!" He grabbed the microphone stand, putting his one hand on the mic, "Blew me out of sight, I taste your lipstick, I look in your eyes, You feel fantastic, My body cries!"  he took the mic off of the stand, the mic in his one hand and the other had the mic stand. "Take off!"    

"Dancer dancer!"  Derek got on top of the amplifier.  "I can't live with it I'm gonna die without it!"  Derek sang.    "Dancer, dancer!"     "Ain't no doubt about it!"     "Dancer, dancer!"    "Why don't you kick off your dancing shoes," Derek sang, running his fingers through his hair, hiprolling his hips to the beat of the song. "And come and ride with me?"   

"Hot space let's go!" which followed a bassline, which was mixed in with Guitar and Drums.  "If any of you, young, dirty, people out in the auditorium tonight know the next part of this song by Queen, feel free to sing along with us," Derek said into the microphone in his best Freddie Mercury impression. "Yeah, can I see you baby?" Derek sang.   "Dancer, dancer!" The four of them sang.  "I can't believe you're dancing!" Derek sang, throwing his arm out in front of him. "Dancer, dancer!"    "Can't take you home, I can't take you dancing!"   "Dancer, dancer!"   "Bring out the funk and dance the night away!"   "Dancer, dancer!"    "We got bully!"    "Dancer, dancer!"   

"Dancer, dancer!"   "Dancer, dancer!"

"Dance, dance, dance, dance!" Derek sang, punching the air with his fist.   "Dancer, dancer!"

The song was over and the whole auditorium clapped.

"That's my boy, I'm so proud!" Andrew's mother said, jumping up from her seat. "Lori, Be careful, Our baby's in you!" Andrew's father replied, putting a hand on her stomach. "Oh, Lewis, She's fine."  She replied, looking at her husband. "I felt head first down the stairs at eight months pregnant with Andrew, and he turned out okay." 

"Yeah, Good point." Andrew's father replied.

The next song began to play, which was "Backchat."

"Yeah," Derek said into the microphone.  "Get back, get back!" He took the mic off of its stand. "Backchat, backchat."      "You burn all my energy!" Derek sang   "Backchat, back chat!"   "Criticizing all you see." He sang.   "Backchat, backchat."   "Analysing what I say!"   "Backchat, backchat!"    "And you always get your way!"    "Oh yeah! See what you've done to me!" Derek sang, pointing at himself."Backchat, backchat!"    "It's driving me insane, Survival to the end!" He sang, holding his hand and closing it really fast. "Knock you down, you come again!"