Today I was invited to a children's dance competition. I have never been to a competition before so went in with no idea of what expect. What I stumbled into was a mass of young girls, dressed in sequence, tapping shoes, and a lot of makeup. Little girls were being huddled while grown-up's applied blush, eye shadow, lip gloss, and lets not forget glitter. These girls were maybe 4-8 years of age. The noise level was at a breaking point and got even higher when I tried to go into the stage entrance. I spotted my friend who told me her mom and other kids were sitting down and her mom had a video camera. Little did I know everyone there had a video camera. I did end up finding the mom and her camera. My friends daughter was in the pre-school age group so when her dance company appeared it was 4 little girls dressed in ballerina outfits gleefully looking into the audience. As I watched her first performance, a slow ballerina song, I started crying. It was so beautiful. The girls were so free and proud of themselves. They had no fears of being in front of an audience or not making the right moves, they just moved and tiptoed around the stage.
As adults when did we lose that ability to stand in front of a crowd, dance, sing, and move freely without fear of judgement. I am looking forward to dancing, singing, laughing in front of a crowd with no fear or doubt. When this will happen I don't know but it is part of my new personal sustainability.
What is your personal sustainability?
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3 comments:
I would love to do that too, Bear. One day, we'll be up there dancing and singing our hearts out.
I'm sure A.Phyll and I could do that with you also
Finally figured this out.
Love ya always
A.Dawn
The last time I danced like that was when I showed off my breakdance moves at your parents old house in Moline. I think I was maybe 8 years old and I still bear the emotional scars. I hope nobody has video footage.
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