dumb pe0ple gets a theme s0ng!

This year, Tiger Band's first show is called Sketches of Spain. This show will consist of three songs: Captain from Castille, La Suerte de los Tontos, and Malaguena.

I love saying "La Suerte de los Tontos." It's just a fun Spanish phrase, you know? Well, I decided that the intelligent thing to do would be to KNOW what it was that I loved to say so much. So, I asked our resident Spanish speaker, Jenn exactly what the exciting phrase translated into in English.

"La Suerte de los Tontos?" she asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"That means 'The Luck of the Dumb People' or stupid people," she said.

"Are you serious?" I asked.

"T-O-N-T-O-S?" she asked. "That means dumb people or stupid people."

"Wow. I can't believe that."

"Yeah. That's weird that you guys are playing a song about the luck of the dumb people."

"Yeah, I wonder if Dr. Spede knows that?"

Yes... this was the conversation we had. "The Luck of the Dumb People." The funny thing is, the song does not sound like it is about dumb people at all. It sounds like a valiant celebratory piece. It's bold and fanfare like, so I really wonder what the context is behind the song.

Regardless of what the song sounds like, it is definitely the perfect theme song for this blog... It's about dumb pe0ple, and the song is apparently about the luck of the dumb pe0ple... It's perfect.