Personal Narrative: My Deaf Concert

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There were bright lasers and lights everywhere I looked. The music was so loud, I thought I was going to go deaf. Thousands of people were surrounding my uncle and I. I was dying to get inside at first, but after a while I was wishing that I was back outside in the cold air.
A few years back for my mom and dad's wedding anniversary, my dad got my mom tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra . My mom absolutely loved them and was more than excited to go. The concert was around Christmas time it was cold and snowy outside. My mom ended up getting too sick to go to the concert. Instead of my dad taking a friend, he gave the tickets to my uncle and I while he stayed home and took care of my mom. I didn't know who Tran-Siberian orchestra was and

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