Showcase up in this Piece

So this past Thursday, my longform class had it's Showcase. People came from miles around to watch us and the Scene class strut our respective stuffs. We were all really nervous because, for the most part, I don't think we completely understand what it was we were about to do. But Patrick stepped up, as all coaches do in that moment of need and said, "F' it, have fun. If you don't have fun, there is no reason to do it." I paraphrase of course, but it was a message, I think, we all took to heart. He gave us some warmups to do and sent us to the green room. He also told us that we had to come up with our name. He said that we were to do a word association game and listen for patterns to emerge, and as a group we would be able to determine our name this way. It was nerve wracking and exciting backstage. But after some solid group mind work and word play, we became the almighty improv troupe, "The Other Kennedy's." I know what you are thinking, "The 'Adjective' 'Nouns', huh, real original." But to those who feel that way I say, "Yeah, but it was in the moment, and we all knew, at that second, that this was our name. So, shut your face!" As we stood backstage, Jordan and Nick went to the bathroom about 13 times, and while they were in there, we were warming up, Passing Snaps, and there was some great group mind going on. We got into this rhythm about halfway through the snaps, and it was very Zen. For a brief moment, I completely tranced out. Then we took the stage, and we got our theme. Andrew, my man from Ice Cream Land, stepped up and introduced us and got us childhood (I think, it has been a while since the show) and we started our show. I can tell you that there were definitely ups and downs in the show, because that is the way it goes. But I have to say that I thought that it was the best Harold this class had performed. And I think that most of it had to do with us just having fun and keeping it simple. Even when we did things that we had no idea how they fit in to the Harold. We did this game that was just us snapping, like competition style and then it was me and Anne and she whipped my butt (her snaps are far superior, she amassed a snap of extraordinary magnitude). We had no clue what was going on, but the audience bought into it and then at the end of that game the exploded into applause for Anne. It rocked, hardcore. So we finished up our set, and I met up with Josh, Brian, Andrew, and Melinda. They said they liked the show and I told them that we were all going out for drinks to celebrate. My class and friends, and random people,and strangers all headed down the street to Da's to partake in some well deserved beverages. And let me tell you, I was on such a adrenalin high from the show, that after only one shot and one beer, I was pretty darn gone, but as the adrenalin wore off and the booze really set in, the party ensued. We all sat around and drank and laughed and had fun. And I kept getting razzed because periodically I would wear a bandana to class, if I was having a bad hair day. So Jordan took my bandana first and wore it at Da's. Then Ken took my bandana and wore it the rest of the night. In fact, he still has it. But we will let the courts decide who gets final and complete custody. So we closed Da's down and people scattered to the winds and I found myself in DC, at 2 a.m., with no metro running and no cash. But I am resilient, after drunken ATM fondling and cabhandling, I found myself back at home, no worse for wear.