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The local sports talk radio station, 97.1 The Ticket, held their second annual Sportsfest at the Suburban Collection Showplace on Saturday, February 11th (a full month earlier this year than last). Last year I said that I hoped that they would make it an annual event so that we could be able to return, only on a day without so many activities. Well, I turned out to be half right on that desire. They did indeed hold the event for a second time, but unfortunately we still had a bunch of stuff to do. The doors opened at 10:00am, and the only way we would be able to fit it in was for us to be there when they did. We managed to make it in time, and that left us about 90 minutes to wander through all of the events before we had to head off for Samantha and Tyler's basketball games in the afternoon. Once again the big exhibits were put on by the Detroit four - the Red Wings, Pistons, Lions, and Tigers. Since we were on a time limit, we didn't wait in line for any autographs this year and we had to skip a few of the activities that the kids would have liked to participate in. We did get two of the kids to take part in an activity that we never thought that they would have, however - Tyler and Drew volunteered to shake their booties on stage in an effort to win an autographed Red Wings hockey puck. Tyler volunteered first, and after thinking it over for a while Drew agreed to try as well. Neither of the girls wanted anything to do with it, though... Once on stage, the boys did little to win the competition. Drew was up first, and he was so embarrassed it took all he could do to give a little wiggle of his hips. Tyler came up a little later, and he too neglected to do much dancing. In fact, his best move was laughing. Needless to say, they didn't win the puck. But Tara & I were extremely proud of them for getting on stage nonetheless. They even got a free Red Wings hat and puck pillow just for trying, so in the end it was worth it. Although we were rushing through trying to see everything, we still had a lot of fun. Once again I will go out on a limb and hope that there is a third annual Sportsfest, and that we will finally catch a break and it will occur on a free Saturday for us. Fingers crossed! (That means it has to come true, right?!?)
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