So many people around me laughed when the reverend said the daughters' names, too. He really did sound like a showman..... and we were some of the folks leaving during the poetry.
I honestly didn't even hear the final prayer, but it sounds like it was funny.
And Aretha's hat was a strange choice. There were lots of folks around me who were wondering why she had a huge star on her head--that's what it looked like at first.