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The Quest to be a Band Nerd

Chapter 6: The French Quarter



***SIDE NOTE***

Um…I'm not so sure that this is actually what came next. I have bad memory, and this happened a year ago. Sorry if anyone seems to care if it is in the exact order as what happened. Oh well…



The band nerds gathered outside the buses, trying to figure out what to do. They had to change clothes, but they did not know how they were supposed to go about changing. Steiner ordered the girls to get their stuff off bus two so that the guys could change. Meanwhile, the guys had already been told to get on bus two to change. Out of nowhere, a problem erupted.

Steiner began to throw an extremely large tantrum as girls complained that guys were changing, and guys complained that girls were running around on the bus, and girls complained guys were on bus one when they were supposed to be changing. All hell had broken loose. (Although I seriously doubt any of the guys or girls would have minded changing on the same bus. Kinkalisciously so… *wink.*)

Anyway, after Steiner's tantrum, the guard instructor's yelling, and the parents scrambling around, the band nerds finally changed. After having more comfortable clothes to wear (although the Show Stopper shoes they were wearing were quite comfortable!), the bandies were ushered onto the buses, and they charged away to the French Quarter.

The French Quarter was a fun place to visit for all. The bandies split into separate groups, each headed by two chaperones. Most of the card club formed one group, adding Cory, Ashley, and some other people. The group headed off towards the farmer's market to shop for all kinds of fun stuff. They split into smaller groups, and decided to meet back in an hour or so.

Autumn, Emily, and Robbie disappeared into the crowds of people. The first stop was at a Mardi gras bead stand. Dozens of beads passed from that stand to the spastic bandies that passed by. Next, they found a small stand set up that sold Mardi gras masks. Autumn, who happened to be in French, naturally made the other two stop so she could buy a red and black mask.

Following Autumn's purchase of the red mask, they headed down the aisles between the stands. Robbie found a stand that was selling cards, and could not help but to buy a French Quarter deck. Subsequently, they walked around for a while, stopping occasionally to gaze at the knick-knacks for sale. Robbie stopped again to buy a crocodile's foot key chain.

As they headed back to meet with the rest of the group, they noticed that only three or four people were there. The rest of the group was nowhere to be seen. They set out to look for the rest of their group, but were separated from each other while doing so. Finally, they found everyone back at the entrance to the market, and commenced walking back towards the buses.

They were passing a mall, when the bandies remarked that they still had time left to waste. The chaperones agreed, and let the group headed in to grab some lunch. Some of the group had pizza, some had ice cream, and others had both. Some of them ate Chinese food (and came away from it sick). After having their treats, the groups met up with other groups on their way back to the buses. When they finally arrived, the buses and the other groups were nowhere to be seen.