"For the school talent show in December I need..."

We're not in the car 10 seconds on the way home from school, when he explains:

"Our music teacher is having a talent show in December at our school. And I really believe I should participate."

Janko: "Wait. I thought the Talent Show is in May and it has nothing to do with the music teacher. Remember that kid played 'Knockin on heaven's door' and got a standing ovation?"

Andrew: "Oh, Mom, that show is still happening. This is just another one. For that show I am going to do a dance routine with several other kids or something involving gymanstics and high kicking."

Janko: "Well, like we talked about last year, you can't just get up and lip sync a song and jump around. You need a choreographed routine."

Andrew: "For this show in December you have to have an instrument to perform. So I need a piano. I saw one at Costco a few weeks ago. The guy playing it was wearing a tuxedo and I talked to him for a while about his piano. It was $9,999.00 but that's because his keys were made straight from elephant tusks. There was a junkier one for $4,500. That's probably a better choice for me since I'm not sure how much I will like playing the piano."

Janko: "Why do you have to have an instrument? If it's part of the music program you should be able to just sing. We can work on picking out a song together for this. And who is this music teacher anyway? Why haven't I received any information about this show? Are you making this whole thing up?!"

Andrew: "Mom! Our music teacher is GREAT! And I asked if I could borrow the piano she has in the music room and she told me to loook around at our house for casio keyboard or a recorder or something. If you can't afford the piano, I was thinking I could use that guitar in the basement. Granted there's a string missing, but Dad should be able to string a new one."

Janko: "Yeah, it's looking like you'll be using the 3 string guitar. And I wouldn't count on Dad to fix it. I've been asking him to hang some pictures for 4 years and he still hasn't done it. But I'll dig up that guitar and we can figure out how to restring it together."

Andrew: "Okay, good. So next steps are: I write down the name of the instrument and the song I will perform and turn it in. You have to sign it. And I want to play the guitar to 'Sexyback' by Justin Timberlake. Can you make sure to have Dad get time off work for this? And you should bring Katherine cause she loves that song. It makes her so happy whenever you play it in the car."