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Jessica Foley Diary Entry Number Four
12/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2004
Christmas greetings to all!! Though I'm afraid I have some bad news for basketball supporters. The Duke Women's basketball team, myself included, has decided to hang up our basketball boots and try our hand in the glitzy and glamorous music business. We discovered our hidden musical talents last week when we were up in the coaches offices wrapping Christmas gifts the staff and players purchased for a couple of Durham families in difficulty this Christmas.
As we wrapped the gifts, our captain Monique (lead vocalist) led us all in some Christmas carols. Midway through "The Twelve Days of Christmas" we realized that we had missed our calling in life...we weren't born to be basketball players, we were meant to be in a choir!
The visit with the families went well and our voices were well received. However, I have cause to believe that the high praise we had been receiving was actually just kind courtesy on the part of the families....because, later that week we took our team singing act to the kids at the Ronald McDonald House on Duke's campus, and here we were given harsh criticism....and the cold hard truth.
These kids are the real deal. Many of them have been in Durham, away from their homes and school, for months on end receiving treatment for acute illnesses at the Duke hospital. It was amazing to see the fight in these kids, they had tremendous attitudes and weren't afraid to stand up and tell us we should stick to basketball and give up on our music careers. So maybe we will....for now anyway.
---- My funny moment of the week---- (well it made me giggle anyway)
Wynter Whitley busts into the coaches office as we wrap the gifts for the families. With a concerned look on her face she asks us, "Do...do you guys hear that?" We all stopped what we were doing and fell silent.....not a sound to be heard....I was wondering if she was crazy.
Then Wynter bursts into song, "I hear those sleigh bells ringing and jing jing jingling too...."
Hilarious, she watches way too much Saturday Night Live.
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