Fourth Grade
Worksheets
Barbershop Quartet Competition
My name is Mary. Whenever I visit my friend Barbara in New York City, I never know what she will have cooked up for us to do together. Barbara and I have been close for years. While we share many of the same interests, we also enjoy diverse activities. I live in the country, and Barbara has always loved living in the big city. Each summer, she comes to spend a week with me, and I go to spend a week with her. Right now, it's my turn to be in the Big Apple.
"Wait until you see what I have planned for us tonight," Barbara said excitedly while she dished out some of the Chinese takeout she had ordered for lunch. (Barbara doesn't cook much.) I shifted in my chair, pulling it closer to the table and poured myself some unsweetened tea from the pitcher on the table.
"I hope it is better than that silly play we went to last year," I said with a grin.
Barbara rolled her eyes. "That was pretty ridiculous, wasn't it?"
"You could say that," I replied, taking a bite of my moo goo gai pan.
"No, this time we are doing something a little more down-to-earth. I'm taking you to see a barbershop quartet competition."
I swallowed my food in silence. A barbershop quartet competition? Didn't these quartets sing old-fashioned songs, and weren't they made up of mostly old people?
"I know what you are thinking," Barbara said.
