Michael Jackson Moves....?

Inigo LOVES music. He always has. For instance, when he was a baby -- a very busy baby -- we would be watching General Conference on TV and he would be crawling around, getting into everything.

That is, until the Choir began singing. He would immediately stop what he was getting into, manoeuvre himself to the front of the TV and just sit there, on his haunches, listening to the golden voices sing. The minute the hymn was over, he'd be off on his next mischievous adventure ... until the Choir would sing again, when he would hurry back to watch and listen. He would do this every session, every time.

When he was older -- almost 4 years old -- I enrolled him in a dance class. He LOVED it! He loved that he could move his body to the rhythm of the music. He took formal dance classes until one year ago, when it became just a little "too girly" for him (the ballet part of the dance was NO FUN!)

The last dance recital he participated in was themed on Michael Jackson (the recital was about 6 weeks before MJ's death). That was LIFE CHANGING for him!! He fell in love with Michael Jackson's music and his dance moves. His favorite movie was This Is It and he would sit for hours watching MJ videos on YouTube... until his aunt gave him a DVD of MJ's videos... now he can watch them on TV all day long.

I am looking for a hip-hop dance class to enroll him in... per his request. It's not very easy to find them in our town where ballroom and ballet rule. I've offered to pay for ballroom lessons but he's NOT interested!

Last week there was a street festival in Florin, with a big community dance in the evening. Even though we had been at the festival for several hours, Inigo desperately wanted us to hang out and wait until the dance started. MY BOY WANTED TO DANCE!!! This was an opportunity for a memory that we didn't want to miss, so even though we were tired, we stayed.

The music started....

My boy began to wiggle...

"Come on, Dad! Let's dance!"

Max wasn't quite as inclined as Inigo. Max doesn't have the rhythmic timing Inigo has. He feels a little more awkward about it. Interestingly enough, Inigo didn't ask me...

Buttercup was standing a few feet away with a group of her friends. Inigo ran to them and asked her friend to come dance with him. She willingly came, but she didn't understand his moves and he felt frustrated when she wouldn't dance exactly the way he told her to.

Finally, he just started dancing on his own. I couldn't help but record it. You'll see that he is happily channeling MJ, in the middle of Main Street, in the land of Florin.

Enjoy...

He's Got Da Moves! from Witch Valerie on Vimeo.