In 7th grade, I did Jump Rope For Heart. My school was really into any kind of pledge drive. Dance-a-thons, Rock-a-thons, Henry County was about it. So with Jump Rope For Heart, I had to get people to pledge money and in return I would jump rope for hours and hours and be rewarded with prizes.
I ended up getting a pretty fair amount of money and jump rope time. I got to pick a prize out of a group of different awesome things so I chose.....
Option 3
CD of your own choosing.
At the time, CDs hadn't REALLY blown up for me. My mom was a member of Columbia House so I did own a couple but these couple were Kenny G Breathless and the score from Jurassic Park. I was just reaching that point where I was forming my own musical tastes. So of course I wanted a cd of my own choosing. I could GET ANYTHING!!
All of this took place right before school let out for the summer. I don't know how well you remember the summer of 1994 but in the suburbs of Atlanta there was a Swedish band taking the pop music stations by storm. Yes that's right--Ace of Base and The Sign. I was so into that song that of course that was my first choice for a brand new CD.
I listened to The Sign (that's the name of the album and the song) pretty much everyday all summer long.
I love Ace of Base and I'm never ashamed to admit it.
And if you're wondering what my favorite song is on the album it's track 10: Voulez-vous Danser. This is also one of my top 20 favorite songs. If you know this song and you love it and maybe used to dance to it in your room while pretending you were at fancy Hollywood parties, we are probably supposed to be friends.
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