Up on Stage

So our friend Lucy invited us to a dance/talent/singing/performance-type-of-show. It was pretty epic.  They had some skits goin, an awesome Michael Jackson dancer do 'Billy Jean,' some good singers and choreographed dancers, etc. At one point they ask for volunteers and our co-teacher who speaks Chinese translated this to us and then my friends proceeded to urge me to run up there.......so I was like,, eh....why not and bolted up on stage. I tried to take my place at the end of the line of students, but as soon as they saw me the crowd started roaring and the mc's had me come stand next to them, and then proceeded to have me introduce myself to the whole auditorium.  It was a surprise and I wasn't sure what to say, but I pulled it somewhat smoothly I would say....and then when it was time for the game they were pretty much like....ummm, yeah......, you don't speak Chinese so you probably should go now....or that's what I got out of it....a kinda awkward, cross-cultural feel/vibe. But it was still epic because I gave the pretty announcer girl a hug and the Chinese pretty much like anything you do.....epic.com. And then later when someone sings on stage people randomly run up to them and give them gifts or junk that they have around them like chop sticks or balloons, and someone had given us banannas so I was like, eh....your gettin a bananna and ran up on stage again to another raucuos applaud.