It may look like an act of ritualistic suicide with a plastic scimitar, but it’s not, it’s English Summer Camp in China. The person above (let’s call her Frowena, as when I met her last August she was sporting a head of close-cropped hair, and now has a magnificent fro) and her compatriots competed against yours truly in the summer camp World Idol Contest. The trio’s recreation of Michael Jackson’s Beat It video came complete with a fake knife fight.
I had no props, or backup singers, or stage presence for that matter. In the vernacular of today’s youth, I got served. Three staff performances made it past the first round. In the second round, after a secret ballot vote by the 200+ campers, I was eliminated. There was a small and vocal group of Stevo fans, Grade 5 boys who think me cool for some strange reason, but they were unable to sway the results.
No trophy for me. As always. Damn you Frowena, and your coolness!
I can’t sing or dance, but I take a hell of a picture.
technical notes for photo geeks: 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM lens, 580 EX II flash. The grainy 1600 ISO image was touched up with the Noise Ninja Photoshop plug-in by PictureCode.
That’s something. I haven’t heard this “I got served” thing.
Have you heard of a game called “grounders”? (It might go by a different name elsewhere. It is a sort of tag played on playground equipment with the person who is ‘it’ keeping their eyes closed). It is a common here and especially popular among grade 5 kids. I saw a game of it being played yesterday. It looked like a fair bit of fun.
lol
I still think you’re cool.
Fantastic photo. I like the reflection in her glasses.