On Saturday, September 13, we drove to Spencer, Iowa, to the Clay County Fair. Corbin Bleu of the Disney's High School Musical movies was scheduled to appear in concert, and we had purchased our tickets two months in advance at Mary's behest.
Mary was absolutely giddy, and we had arrived early to walk around and check out the exhibits. She began asking what the time was shortly after we arrived and continued asking every four to six minutes until concert time. It was all we could do to contain her excitement until we were finally able to enter the grandstand and find our seats.
During the concert, Mary was mesmerized. She danced, screamed, clapped, sang along, cheered and just plain beamed with joy. For Joel and I, it was more fun watching her than the teeny-bopper performing on stage--When did I get old??? The bass was more than I could stand reverberating in my chest like an unwanted pacemaker, and I actually felt my hair being blown back by the sound coming out of the skyscraper-sized speakers directly in front of our section. Joel commented that his vision blurred and jumped with each BLAM of the drum.
Mary, who is usually very sensitive to noise and bothered by high decibels, was oblivious to the fact that her parents' hearing was being irreparably damaged.
After the final encore of the concert, the fireworks commenced. Mary who had not flinched or complained once during the entire deafening concert now huddled into Joel's shoulder...and cupped her hands over her ears.
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