Chapter 115

“Since we have performed this song so many times, you all should know it, with Stuart recording it, I want you all to perform ‘God Bless The USA.’ First time through will be just the four instrumentalists, plus Tiffany, Mike and Brigitte, then on the second time through I want just you three to sing the song one time completely through, with just your voices.”

“I know we will miss you all very much, and some of you will be back in two years, but I just have to say, for everyone, ‘Thank you for being the earliest members for the GSS and TCA.’ You all will forever be members to tell your kids and grandkids about. Enough of that now, are you ready?”

The three singers locked arms as the instrumental part began...

Mike began the vocal melody with a trumpet ripple I had never heard before. The others came in and it sounded professional, as I expected it to. I began conducting and crying simultaneously, as...

JUSTIN, ALICE AND JANICE
If tomorrow all the
things were gone
I’d worked for all my life
And I had to start
again with just
my children and my wife

I’d thank my
heavenly father
to be livin’ here today
‘Cause the flag still
stands for freedom
And they can’t
take that away

And I’m proud
to be an American
Where at least
I know I’m free
and I won’t forget
the men who died,
Who gave that
right to me

And I’d gladly stand
up ... next to you
And defend her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt
I love this land
God bless the USA{br}

MOM & ALLY
From the lakes
of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas,
from sea to shining sea
From Detroit
down to Houston
and New York to LA
Well, there’s pride in
every American heart
And it’s time
we stand and say{br}

ALL of THEM
That I’m proud
to be an American
Where at least
I know I’m free
and I won’t forget
the men, who died,
Who gave that right to me
and I’d gladly stand
up next to you
and defend her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no
doubt I love this land
God bless the USA.

That I’m proud
to be an American
Where at least
I know I’m free
and I won’t forget
the men, who died,
Who gave that
right to me
and I’d gladly stand
up next to you
and defend her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no
doubt I love this land
God bless the USA.

God ... bless ... the ... USA...

Never ... ever had I been so proud of my organization as they all hugged one another wholeheartedly, with sibling and significant others coming up to show feelings as well. I love my country, but this song is so much easier to sing for the general public ... and the GSS!

It took a while to settle things down, “Did you get that, Stuart? Please tell me you got that in one take?”

He took too long to answer that, so I looked over and saw a cheesy smile on his and Anna’s face, “Don’t worry, when have I ever let you down, Boss?”

“OK, Joanie and the chorus... ‘Comedy Tonight.’”

She was waiting to be called up, I could tell. I also know she had gotten so much better since she had first performed this song...

PROLOGUE
Musical theatre fans, I bid you welcome ... to the second Act. Musical Theatre is a temple, and we are here tonight to worship the gods of music, comedy and tragedy. Tonight, I’m pleased to announce ... a Musical evening of the best of Steven Sondheim directed by the multi-talented Michael Robert Thomas Junior!

We shall employ every device we know in our desire to divert you.

Something familiar,
Something peculiar,
Something for everyone
A comedy tonight!

Something appealing,
Something appalling,
Something for everyone
A comedy tonight!

And it went on, with somebody covering every one of the solos. It sounded much better, but I had expected it to. Joanie gave a bow, as James picked her up and put her on his shoulder and carried her away to mounds of laughter.

“Stuart Barry, Paul Planck, Michael Thompson and Justin White ... you are being handed music and lyrics to a song we did back in the day called, ‘Everybody Ought To Have A Maid,’ from ‘A Funny Thing.’ This is a parody of that number lyrics-wise, the music is the same as the original. I want Justin to sing the juicy role of Senex, Stuart ... Lycus, Paul ... Hysterium, and Michael as Pseudolus.”

“So, everyone is playing themselves, basically,” Cece said out loud. Tracy laughed as Paul gave her a look, which she gave right back to him.

“Stuart ... Cathy?”...

Everybody ought
to have it made
Everybody ought to
have a biliion bucks
Everybody ought to
have a zillion bucks
Fancy mansion - for a house.
Everybody ought
to have it made
Everybody ought to
have nice jewelry
Some babes just
for tomfoolery
Ones who will never
tell the spouse
Oh yes, wouldn’t
it be fantastic
If cash bombs bombastic
dropped from the sky?
Oh, oh, wouldn’t it be so rightful,
Gath’ring up, piling high?
Everyone could own
some bonds and stocks
Real estate, investments,
and a bank account
One huge nest egg
a swank amount
Cash smelling
around the house...
Jaguar-ing down the freeway
Clubbing out on the golf course
Chandeliers high with headroom
Lecturing all the servants
Lechering all around - a louse!
Ohh, ohh, why
can’t a Genie’s wishes
Pop from a lamp with
swishes - flash in a puff
Ohh, oh, couldn’t we fill our dishes
Bury some - mattress stuff
Everybody ought
to have it made
Comfy wealthy assets
to fall back on nice
Be Vegas cool,
like Shaq on dice
And grateful as milked cows...
Bowling lanes in the hallway
Swimming pools and billiards
Caviar in the pantry
Dancing girls in the bedroom
Each with a see-through blouse... {br}

Everybody ought
to have it made,
Everybody ought to be
as blessed as Trump
A cashmere couch
to rest our rump,
A gold gun for hunting grouse.

We should have every
dollar we have wished for
More than our minds
could ever dream about
Oh, yes, wouldn’t we
have our nights full
Credit cards, miles of clout...
Every steak would
be mignon fileted
For our teeth to floss,
some Sterling Silver strings
On hands and feet, ten carat rings
Jade parakeets - ermine mouse{br}

Yachts on the Bay of Galway
Greet by name, bank tellers
Withdrawal scratch for itching
Our own diamond crypt,
when dead-room
Rolls Royce cars
inside the house!{br}

Everybody ought
to have it made
Financial security, immovable
All credit checks - rock prove-able
Cash flame Satan couldn’t douse.
Oh, oh, enough to
buy out Gimbal’s
Stuff in Macy’s and Gimbal’s,
all of New York town
Oh, oh, really a
sore-eyed sight full
Moolah to toss around...
Everybody ought
to have it made,
Everyone deserves
a huge inheritance
Mountains of dough
to share in once
A rich uncle died in Laos
Shoving it in
our “Fruit a’ Looms”
To castaway
impoverished glooms,
We’d all forget
that day of dooms,
Having for real,
not just assumes
Mega-ton bucks
around the house!

The house!
The house!
The house!{br}

With no one having heard these particular lyrics before, I put a finger up against my mouth to keep them all quiet...

Then all hell broke loose, with even Paul laughing out loud, “Each with a see-through blouse! If my wife did that, this town would have hundreds of car accidents. Much less the ... other kind.” They all walked back to where they had been sitting. Cece gave him a great big kiss-kiss.

“We are not using the ‘Jet Song,’ in its place will be Peter Chapman singing “Something’s Coming,” I said.

He came up saying, “Thanks a lot, Boss.”

“Do it justice, or I will kick you out of the GSS, buddy-boy,” I said.

“Let’s let Tiff take a break, while our backup drummer takes her place during this number, Honora Graham everybody.”

That’s all I said to or about her. She said, “My nickname is Honey, if you want to call me that, anybody?” Tiff handed her the sticks like a squire giving his knight his sword, and she got ready to go.

“Everybody ready ... and go...”

PETER
Could be!
Who knows?
There’s something’
due any day;
I will know right away
Soon as it shows.
It may come cannonballin’
Down through the sky, {br}

Between his voice and his energy, it was great from beginning to end...

Five seconds had been counted and I gave him a great big hug, followed by his sister, then his wife. She actually picked him up and they walked off together.

“I need him right back, Jen. Be quick.”

Their kiss was mildly explosive, as Tracy told them to, ‘Save it for later!’

“I’m removing from this set the INTO THE WOODS number “No One Is Alone,” I said to everyone.

“How come?” Joanie said. “I really liked that number, getting to sing it with my sister like I did.”

“Because, we are doing a separate INTO THE WOODS only recording using as much of the singable music as we can. Jeff told me that Sondheim himself gave us the right to record anything of his, for only thirteen cents per song. I plan to take advantage of that.”

That brought a great cheer from all around.

“I would like Tracy, Cece and Jen Chapman, please?”

This was a big chance I was taking here, as they didn’t have a clue why I called them up. “There is a song from GYPSY that I get a kick from, called “You Gotta Have A Gimmick,” and I thought of my favorite teachers and my good friend Tracy.”

“Ladies, here are the lyrics, pick from the three parts and look it over for a few moments. Orchestra, this is a style of song that used to be called a ‘stripper song’ but I’m not expecting any of these ladies to actually strip ... unless ... they felt motivated?”

I played for them the stripper version of “Let Me Entertain You,” to help them understand. Tiffany talked to Honey and she got back in the trap set, and was generating a great beat, to which Mike must have known the number and went into a sloppy sounding trumpet and together the rest seemed to get it.

My three blondes told me they were ready, with Cece being Mazeppa, Jen Chapman would be Electra, and Tracy would perform the role of Tessie Tura.

This should be a shitload of fun...

MAZEPPA (Cece)
You can pull
all the stops out
Till they call the cops out
Grind your behind
till you are banned.
But you gotta
get a gimmick
If you wanna
get a hand.

You can sacrifice
your sacharo
Working in the back row.
Bump in a dump
till you are dead.
Kid you gotta
have a gimmick
If you wanna get ahead.

You can uh...
You can uh...
You can uh ... uh ... uh...
That’s how
Burlesque was born.

(She really was into it)

So I uh ... and I uh...
And I uh ... uh ... uh...
But I do it with a horn...

(Mike took over for her)

You’re more than
just a mimic
When you gotta gimmick
Take a look
how different we are!
ELECTRA
If you wanna make it,
Twinkle while you shake it.
TESSIE TURA
If you wanna grind it,
Wait till you refined it.
MAZEPPA
If you wanna bump it,
Bump it with a trumpet!
ALL
Get yourself a gimmick
and you too,
Can be a star!

****

After the mandatory five seconds, Paul, Peter and I took a girl each and kissed her. I made a move on Cece, but Paul hip checked me to Tracy instead. After kisses were done, I said, “That might need to be turned into a video, but with an R rating,” getting a large ‘Arrrrrrr’ in response.

These kids.

“FIFTEEN MINUTE BREAK.”

Paul and Peter enjoyed that much more than I was able to, but Tracy made me a verbal promise for when we were done.

So, after the break we re-configured the rest of the Sondheim music, making sure Janice played the keyboard for the CD finale of “Send In The Clowns” performed by the one and only Jennifer Guthrie almost Thomas.

I had to reschedule our next recording session for two days to get the music I wanted for everyone. All the adults promised they would be back to perform until the day before ... the day before school started.

I promised everyone who was leaving the GSS they would have a copy of every CD we made to take with them on their travels.

After everyone was taken home, and Stuart got his go-bag, we all ended up at our place, tired but hungry. Rather than expecting anyone to cook anything, I had called and ordered pizzas while Jennifer drove my car home. It was the first time she had, and I was a little nervous but didn’t say anything. I also texted to Jeff to send me ASAP the complete INTO THE WOODS score. He told me to expect it late the following day ... good, time to copy!

Four minutes after we got home, the pizza arrived. I got five of them, because you can always heat it up in the oven.

Anna helped Stuart bring a full case of cold bottled water to the kitchen counter, where she got out a knife and carefully removed the plastic handing the bottles to him who passed them all around the table until we all had at least one. They sat down next to each other, while I had Tracy and Brigitte on other side of me.

“What was everyone’s favorite number today?” Anna asked as she took a very big bite of pizza PIE.

“Peter and James singing “Nobody Has Ever Loved Me,” was my favorite,” Elizabeth was quick to say. “When you lose James, whether it is due to college or aging out at twenty-two, it’s going to be quite a blow to the Silver Note Society.”

“Don’t remind me,” I said. “He’s sixteen, somebody needs to step up ... or I need to find someone with his combination of charisma and talent.”

“What about Johnny Carter ... he has potential?” Joan said.

“He almost seems overwhelmed. Maybe Janice can work with him to bring him out of his own head. Sometimes, I hear from him a sound that ... barely hints at his own potential.”

“Maybe he needs a girlfriend?” Anna said. “It took Michael and his mother to help me. Has Emma got a boyfriend?”

I looked around the table and nobody was responding. “What about you, Anna?” I asked.

“I would prefer not to do that. I like both you and Stuart too much,” she said putting her hand over his. He kissed her hand. He’s a romantic. Whatdoyouknow?

****

I was looking forward to laying down with Tracy, so I was not eating as much to keep from being in a stupor for her.

“What was your favorite performance today, Stuart?” Joanie asked him being on his other side.

“With respect to everyone here, I really enjoyed Cece, Tracy and Mrs. Chapmans’ song and ... dance routine. I agree with Michael. Maybe we could turn a few of our numbers into videos, although I don’t know enough about that, but I will learn all I can.”

“That is a fascinating idea. The ‘Cell Block Tango’, Jeff and Nancy’s ‘Doll on a Music Box,’ plus a few more. Could you help us get the appropriate camera equipment to do that, Stuart?”

“Sure, put me in front of a computer and I can dazzle,” he said getting both Prefontayne girls giggling at him.

“If Isabel doesn’t mind, maybe my sister and I can entertain Stuart,” Joanie said.

If I had been taking a drink I would have spit it all over Isabel. I simply took another bite of pizza and munched on it.

“I wouldn’t mind,” Princess said. “I will want to watch.

“Michael, don’t you have an opinion on this?” Elizabeth said.

I took another bite and shook my head ‘No’ to the question. Tracy’s hand went from my leg to my ... package, telling her how I really felt about that, but she didn’t betray me.

“I’m full for now, could somebody bundle the leftovers up for dinner later? Tracy and I have an appointment in my room to keep.”

Stu, Izzy, Anna, and Joanie all went up to his room.

Tracy and I smiled at each other as we walked into her room. She second I closed her bedroom door she unzipped my pants and found my hardness... “So, you liked my dancing better than my sister’s or Big Tits Chapman?”

“I’m not stupid, Tracy ... you are the only one of those three I could get away with kissing the way we did.”

“So, would you like all three of us ... together?”

“Don’t make a promise you can’t make happen? I had them together once before, only, if you were added into the mix I might just go crazy.”

“I talked to my sister about that, and she admitted how much fun you were. While I haven’t spoken to Jen Chapman, my guess is you must have had a lot of fun with those funbags of hers.”

“I must admit they were quite amazing. The first bare tits I had ever seen were hers that long weekend day and night. Maybe that’s why I’m so drawn to older girls with nice bosoms. Yours aren’t huge, but they are quite loveable and suckable.”

She took her hand off me, and we both undressed, and she asked for my dick in her butt. I laid on my back and with her help got inside her and started fucking her from behind on my back. I loved this position and she was worried about bending my dick, but I told her not to worry. I was playing with her nipples while we were fucking each other. This felt really nice as I heard the door open.

“I will be with you in a minute, wait your turn, please?”

“I see an opening ... can I help you Boss?” Stuart said. “I’d like to return the favor from earlier.”

“Ask Tracy ... If she doesn’t mind, I don’t,” I said to him without being able to see him.

“How about it Miss Crabtree, may I cut in?”

“This isn’t a waltz, Stuart ... fill my pussy with that big and wide you got hanging there. Please call me Tracy.”

I felt him doing the same thing I had done earlier. I stayed inside her butt while he was taking a turn. “Tracy,” I asked, “You ever had a DP before?”

“No, this feels really good. Stuart, why don’t you speed up a bit, and Michael, you could get moving a little faster, please?”

“Hah, ha, ugh, aughh, boys ... you got a great rhythm going. Every woman in this house should get the two of you at the same time.”

I took my hands off her breasts and he put his on them. I pushed her hips forward and I was going in deeper. “How you doing there Stuey?”

“I’m OK, buddy, can you breathe back there all right?”

“Yeah, I’m good. Why don’t you finish first, then, uh ... I will bring it home.”

He went into a rather high gear as was nearing loading her up. I was closing in on filling her ass. I whispered, “Are you OK, TC?”

“Oh, yeah, oh yeah ... oh yeah, I’m cumming on you Stuart, hurry up stud.”

“I’m cumming too, Tracy ... It’s a big batch, probably not as much as Michael has, but I do what I can. Could I kiss you please?”

“Sure honey, go ahead,” she said, and they had a nice kiss. He pulled away and I got her straight up and started to move rather quickly, then I cut loose filling her bowels with more than she likely had room for.