On the night of the 22nd Hiyoung and I went Seoul City hall to watch the game on the giant screens there. It was amazing. We got there at 12:00 A.M. (the 23rd) and got a place to sit in the road.

The first group (I am not sure of the name, Hiyoung did ot know and I have not found the the program from that night on the internet.) was a boy and girl singer with backup dancers and I have seen them on TV a few times since then. Then they had a rock group whose singer sounded like the guy from AC/DC. Then a strange rock/rap group that dressed somewhat like a clockwork orange. Then came a rock group that I could get into. They kinda rocked and the Woman singer sounded pretty good. On the screen I could see that they were called "Cherry Filter" Then particular sang started a song that was really popular, especially with the girls. This was "Romantic Cat" their hit from 2002, and I must say it rocks.
After that was After School which is the ROK's response to the Pussycat Dolls. Enough said.
Then the Game started and all the true insanity began. I am not a sports guy but I really can see the drama of "The Game". There were cheers, ecstacy and despair. Throughout the night the crowd was lead in chears of "dae-han-min-goog", clap-clap, clap-clap CLAP and singing "dae-han-min-goog" (the Korean name for the Republic of Korea) over and over to the melody of Ode to Joy. It ended up with a tie of 2-2 but that was enough to put them into he next faze of the tournament and as the dawn broke onto the scene it was one of joy.
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