Sunday, December 9, 2018

The Harlem Globetrotters Sure Put on a Good Show!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions stated are genuine and my own.

 

We recently went to CFE Arena, on the University of Central Florida campus, to see The Harlem Globetrotters. This venue is a great one for watching shows because it is one of those places where there really isn't a bad seat in the house! 




We have seen them play before, but it's been a good long while. One thing I really appreciate about the show is that the players put a lot of focus on the kids. In the photo above, a Globetrotter was teaching a little girl to spin a ball. He actually transferred it from his finger to hers and she was just loving it!


They also interact with the crowd. Here they pulled a person from the audience, and he had to copy everything the player did. It got a little silly, and a lot funny by the time the skit was through.


If you look carefully here, maybe you can see the players going into the crowd. The fans were loving this, and everyone was laughing. They did quite a few things with the crowd during one certain part of the show, and my granddaughter, who was planted on my lap for the whole show (grandma's favorite place for her to be) was laughing genuinely and so hard she was almost snorting. It was making everyone around her laugh twice, once at the show and once at her.


Globie, and at one point a bigger version of him, Big G, came out to interact too. The bigger mascot also fell face first with a very loud splat onto the court, several times. I heard my daughter laughing at that one. ;)


The leg you see on the bottom left belongs to my grandbabe who was on my lap, as I noted above, so when it came time for the call to go to the court and buy a ball to be signed, I opted out. My daughter volunteered (no way she was going to have her brother miss getting a signed Globetrotters ball, cuz she's cool like that), and she took him down to make the purchase. Here they are coming back up the stairs together.


and here he is, proudly holding his purchase.


In addition to the basketball game that they played, the Globetrotters also had a segment where The Flying Globies came out and did tricks using a trampoline. Globie (the mascot) did one too. ;) If you look up high, you can see one of the fellas about to score a flying slam dunk.


I guess one of the regular players got jumping fever too, because if you look on this hoop, you can see he's way up there, where he decided to have a seat. It was funny to see a grown man acting rebellious and refusing to come down. At one point, he kicked the opponent's ball out of the way so he couldn't make a shot. The referee was not very happy, but the crowd was going wild. 


When the show was over, little man was too excited to wait to get outside to try out his new ball. He has since decided that since it has an autograph it is a collector's item, and he has cleaned it and put it up as a treasure. ;)

If you are looking to see The Harlem Globetrotters perform (they're so fun to watch!), you can check out their schedule HERE.


If you are in Orlando and looking to catch a show, check out the CFE Arena website, and see who is coming soon. If you go now through January 1st, 2018, you can also visit the Light Up UCF, a great place to take the family to celebrate the holiday season (blog post) (official Light Up UCF website).

13 comments:

  1. Good thing to do with an autographed ball. Sounds like a lot of fun. Refusing to come down would be humorous indeed.

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  2. A signed ball - very cool! I saw them in the 70's (back in the day of Meadowlark and Curly) and the show was a lot of fun.

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  3. This looks like so much fun for the family, I would love to see them play. Sound more like a show than a game :)

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  4. I'd also love a ball to be signed...looks so awesome than a book. And that venue is just great. I have a thing for basketball courts.

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  5. They haven't been around for a long time for no reason! 😉 Glad u enjoyed the show and thanks for sharing photos!

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  6. They sure do know how to entertain, and I have always loved how much they interact with the audience during the shows.

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  7. What a fun experience for the entire family to enjoy. The Harlem Globetrotters always put on a great show.

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  8. I remember seeing the Harlem Globetrotters as a kid! What a fun experience. I'm sure my daughters would absolutely love this experience too.

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  9. Indeed such a great experience and a memorable for the family. Definitely one for the books.

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  10. OMG! The Globetrotters! I still remember when I saw them as a little girl. They rock! Great show!

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  11. What a nice experience! As parents, we should really support the passions of our kids. We are their number 1 supporters. :)

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  12. I remember just laughing like crazy at the Globetrotters when I was a kid. Back then, it was Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Joe, etc., and it's great to see the team still going strong.

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  13. I went to UCF, and graduated in 2002. It sure has changed since I went to school there. We didn't have the CFE arena. I've only been there once with my family to see a Mickey Mouse Magic Show. My daughter plays basketball, and it would be fun to watch the Gloetrotters with her.

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