Stuck In The Box: Graduation Day

Chapter 1: Break The Silence

Now that Howard, Billy, Gary (Webb) and David were part of the Wild Boys, they began rehearsing for their performances for Graduation day. The upper sixth form members are in charge of each performance. The boys will be performing 'The Longest Time' by Billy Joel, the girls will be singing 'Mickey' by Toni Basil and they will be singing 'Footloose' by Kenny Loggins. Right now in the music room, the boys were going to practice singing a capella for the song. "Okay, so I need you guys separated into groups, tenors, baritones and bass so that I can try to tell you which part you have to sing," Paul instructed. Curt, John, Nick, Derek, Martin and Adam then moved to one corner. "No, I didn't mean bass as an instrument, I meant bass as a vocal range," Paul said.

"Oh, right, sorry," Curt said as he and the other bassists went back to their group. "Okay, now I'll group you guys, bass on my left, baritones in the middle and tenors on my right," Paul said. Curt, George, Andrew (Ridgeley), Mart, Alan, Simon, Andy, Chris, Charlie, Mel, Mick, Derek, Marc, David, Nick, Stu, Jez, Steve, Nik, Terry, Howard, Kirk, Bono, Jon, Richard and Bryan were in one group because they were tenors. Meanwhile, Roland, Dave, Fletch, Nicky, John, Roger, Jim, Tony, Steve (Norman), Martin, Keebs, Gary (Kemp), Billy, Gary (Webb), Morten, Pål, Magne, Hutch, Tim, Garry, Andrew, Jonathan, Edge, Adam and Larry were in another because they were baritones. Paul went up to the tenors first because he had a wide vocal range. "Okay, so you guys will be the leads," Paul said.

"Wait, so we have to sing in unison?" Curt asked. "What? No, you guys will have individual parts but not everyone will have their parts, I'll talk to the baritones about this," Paul said. "What about the lyrics?" George asked. "I sent them to your watches so you'll be fine," Paul said before he proceeded to the baritones. "Did you send the lyrics?" Larry asked. "Yup, and then I'll help assign the parts you have to sing," Paul said. "Wait but I can't read," Roger said. "Oh, there's the audio feature on your watch for those who are dyslexic, it worked for Marc too," Paul said. "Oh, okay," Roger said. "Alright, be sure to learn your parts and listen to the song," Paul said. "Wait, but do we have any Billy Joel tapes?" Richard asked. "Yeah, you have some in our room," Martin said.

"I'll get it," Andy said as he teleported into his, Richard's and Martin's room to get the Billy Joel tape Richard owns. He found the tape for 'The Longest Time' by Billy Joel so he kept it in his pocket and teleported back to the music room. "I got the tape," Andy said as soon as returned. "Good, now let's play it on the cassette player," Paul said, inserting the tape into the cassette player. The Wild Boys listened to the song playing on the cassette player to know how it should be done. "Oh so that's how it should be done," David said. "I love Billy Joel," Richard said as he enjoyed the song. "We like Hall and Oates," Roland said. "Oh, they're also good," Richard said. After hearing the song, the Wild Boys now had an idea on how to sing it. "You guys get it now, right?" Paul asked.

Everyone else agreed. "Alright, let's get started," Paul said. Meanwhile, the girls, also known as the Wild Girls, were practicing for their cheerleading performance. "Alright ladies, are you ready?" Kim asked with enthusiasm. "Wait, so what are we doing?" Michael asked. "Oh come on, Michael," Vicki said. "Basically Ms Basil told us to do the cheerleading routine based on this song," Kim said as she turned on the cassette player. All of the girls paid attention to the song. "I love how catchy this song is," Nena said. "Yeah, I agree," Siobhan said. "Alright, you get it now, right?" Kim asked as soon as the song finished playing. "Yes," the girls said. "Alright, I'll send the lyrics to your watches and then I'll give you parts to sing and mark where we all have to sing together," Kim said as she sent the lyrics to the other Wild Girls.

"What about the choreography?" Keren asked. "I'll teach you guys right now," Kim said as she began teaching everyone the choreography. Meanwhile in the music room, Paul began to split the parts on which soloist should sing. "Okay, I'm going to split the parts, Curt you sing the first verse," Paul said. "If you said goodbye to me tonight, there would still be music left to write," Curt sang out. "Perfect, Yog, you're next," Paul said. "What else could I do? I'm so inspired by you, that hasn't happened for the longest time," George sang out. "Okay, that's good, Dave, do you mind singing the next part?" Paul asked. "Once I thought my innocence was gone" Dave sang. "Hmm, I don't think your voice is good for this song. What about Mart, why don't you sing this part?" Paul asked.