32/365 Harlem Ambassadors!

Friday night, our local Relay for Life team had a fund raiser at the high school.  They challenged the Harlem Ambassadors to a "friendly" game of basketball.  I was excited to be able to take Jackson, just the two of us, since usually that's the sort of thing Daddy gets to do.  We had so much fun!  We arrived early and were able to find seats right at the front.  

In case you haven't already figured it out, the Harlem Ambassadors are similar to the Harlem Globe Trotters, but on a smaller scale.  The team was made of four men and two women.  (I was pleased to hear that one of the women was from Milwaukee).  There was lots of dancing, plenty of pranks, with a basketball game thrown in the mix.  

At half time, all the kids got to line up on the court for more dancing.  Initially, Jackson wasn't willing to put down his M&M's, but after seeing so many kids on the court, he was on his feet.  I'd like to say he was dancing, but he does like the ladies and, as soon as one of the female Harlem players came over to dance with him, he froze.  But he froze with a smile on his face. :)  It was hilarious.  That girl tried so hard to get him to dance.  With only a minute or so left of the song, she finally saw his feet stomping and he just couldn't keep still any longer.

A little WWE on the court!

Even with these distractions, this guy made BOTH free throw shots!

It was dance time!

Nope, not gonna do it!

Giving her "five" after the dance party!

Trying to hide from the ref after a foul.

So, at the BEGINNING of the half, the score was 15-51.  At the END of the half, it became 61-51.  The decided to give the home team a 10 point lead to start off the second half.

In spite of the 10 point lead.... the game still ended 79-102.  I figured out that, if they hadn't given them the extra points, the game really would have ended as 33-102.  I think this score looks a lot better. :)