Today, Club Nouveau's cover of the Bill Withers tune, "Lean On Me," has been on my mind. That tune was playing during a high school assembly, as one of the class officers announced a list of school clubs and activities. He asked, "How many of you play varsity sports? How many of you are involved in band? How many of you are in orchestra? How many of you are in French club? ...German club? ...Spanish club?" People involved in these and other activities were asked to stand. Another class representative ran through the audience after each question was asked, giving a member of each group a sign to hold. At the end of the assembly, the class officer said something like, "Look at how diverse our class is and how many activities are represented."
As class spirit events go, that's not a bad idea. Years later, I'm still recalling Club Nouveau's "Lean On Me," complete with the group's "We be jammin'..." addition.
