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Bruce Springsteen Has Asked La Kid and Her Group to Sing With Him at the Superbowl.

She’ll miss a week of class if she goes.

Should she go?

Margaret Soltan, January 22, 2009 2:32PM
Posted in: headline of the day

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19 Responses to “Bruce Springsteen Has Asked La Kid and Her Group to Sing With Him at the Superbowl.”

  1. Soraciel Says:

    Totally. She sounds like a responsible kid who works hard, so what better way of rewarding that than to allow her to take advantage of a one-time-only chance that she may never have again? My parents took me out of high school once for a short trip to Britain, and my grades didn’t even dip. It’ll work out.

  2. Brett Says:

    Well, aside from the fact that the offspring of well-known university athletic shenanigan scold Margaret Soltan will be missing class for a *bowl game*…

    Just kidding. She should head for Tampa and not think twice.

  3. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Brett: I KNOW! The irony ain’t exactly lost on me…

    On the other hand, we all – UD, Mr UD, and La Kid – seem agreed that she should indeed go…

  4. jeff Says:

    Please. It isn’t really up for debate, is it? CONGRATS to the entire group.

  5. Joe F. Says:

    As if La Kid weren’t enough of a celebrity in Foggy Bottom…

    Congrats again to UD and Mr. UD for La Kid’s talents–even if she’ll miss class time to do it. (Just kidding, of course.)

    The question is…Will UD skip the game and just watch the halftime show?

  6. Patrick T. Says:

    I was going to contribute, but we seem to have arrived at the correct consensus.

  7. Van L. Hayhow Says:

    Well, this was obviously a trick question to start with.

  8. Sherman Dorn Says:

    Of course! Just hound her into getting to part of Real Florida ™, which has nothing to do with theme parks, with the following as Pretty Darned Good:

    1) Fort Desoto Park (an island on the southern tip of Pinellas County, in the Gulf). http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/05_Ft_Desoto.htm
    2) Lettuce Lake Park (northern Tampa — it’s not really a lake…) http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/parks/parkservices/regionalsites.cfm?facilitydetailid=524

    I know that they’ll be overscheduled, but it’s a shame to come to Tampa and only see parking lots…

  9. Tom Says:

    UD – She should most definitely go to Tampa, and of course she should root for the Steelers!

  10. Dance Says:

    I think this is actually one of the reasons why she SHOULD go:

    the offspring of well-known university athletic shenanigan scold Margaret Soltan will be missing class for a *bowl game*

    Congrats to her! On the inaugural stuff too.

  11. Michael Says:

    That’s a rhetorical question, surely.

  12. Stephen Karlson Says:

    Did I miss something in the other posts … isn’t the group a GWU choir? As such, don’t the university’s existing rules policies on student travel (whether for basketball or forensics or battery automobile contests) apply?

  13. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Hi Stephen: No – it’s not a GW choir (though Ania’s in one of those — The Sirens, a female a capella group) — it’s a choir made up of Washingtonians from various schools and churches and choruses, many of whom, like Ania, have sung for a number of years at the Christmas in Washington event.

    Ania just called the director of the group to say that she IS going to go to the Superbowl.

  14. Margaret Soltan Says:

    And all my thanks for the congratulations from y’all.

  15. SEK Says:

    If the Boss asks you to do something, you do it. How do think the Big Man got in the band?

  16. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Thanks to my finely honed research skills, SEK, I now know what the hell you’re talking about.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Clemons

  17. Julia Says:

    Well, the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band …

  18. Brett Says:

    Or,
    "When E Street called up E Street,
    Well, then La Kid joined the band
    Drive from DC down to Tampa
    She’ll sing and give the Boss a hand!
    I’m gonna sit back right easy and laugh
    ‘Cause UD and the Mister won’t tune in until the half
    And they’ll hit pause and freeze-frame,
    Hit pause and freeze-frame,
    Hit pause and freeze-frame…"

  19. deezee Says:

    LMAO

    brett, you obviously know your bruce. love the parody.
    tell your daughter to have a blast.
    btw….your blog is now famous on all the springsteen websites.

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