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Boaz, Alabama is a town about as big as your average water heater closet.

It was a quiet night in Boaz, the sun had set, the houses were lit from the insides, and the windows looked like little orange squares on the night.

The bevel center was packed. The parking lot was slammed. Families of all kinds gathered in the auditorium for this upcoming Veterans Day to watch their fifth graders put on a concert.

Demographically, the audience was all over the map.

The place was full of pre-concert chatter, a happy bubbly sign that filled the room.

Kids were horsing around, babies were crying.

Dads were shaking hands and slapping each other's backs to prove that they were good backslippers.

Mothers were catching up on local gossip. Teens were forming respective clots. And then the curtain lifted.

On stage, the Boaz fifth graders were all wearing red, white, and blue t-shirts,

organized to form a living flag.

Miss Ritchie took the stage next.

She's been directing choir since I was a kid,' said one woman in the audience.

"'Most people in this room had Miss Richie for choir when they were kids.'

"'Ah, Miss Richie had the troops in good shape that night.

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