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Originally Posted by Cyberguy34000
...by then it was too late to go back to the wrap.  |
Just how late are you talking? The mini-Seder didn't end until 8:30 or thereabouts, and it was approaching 9:00 by the time I got to the party.
I don't know what went on before then, but the hypnotist was clicking his tongue and having people think they were sleeping and collecting pillows to get more comfortable when I arrived. He got a few to sing like various celebrities, but I was paying more attention to getting some food and finding teammates than to the entertainment at that time.
It was cold and windy and cold. Did I mention how cold and windy it was? But I endured it to watch the Cirque group. An amazing pair of contortionists wearing costumes that made it difficult to tell where one girl stopped and the other began, a "spin-juggler" who twirled aluminum frame shapes to reflect colored light at fantastic speed, a guy who balanced on ever higher structures, a "hula hoop" master, a wheel gymnast, another pair of contortionists (male) who were as amazing with strength as the girls had been with flexibility, steady musical accompaniment with intentionally incomprehensible lyrics sung (and laughed) by a live singer, some intriguing background "dancers"...all too much to describe.
Then the fireworks! The most intense, constant, in-your-face display I've seen since the Statue of Liberty's birthday --
times two. The noise and light and general
fury literally warmed me up; perhaps some of it was the smoke and heat of the explosions, but I think most was because of the way it got my heart pumping faster.
And then it was over.