Shawn L. Bird

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Dancing around the world October 12, 2012

Filed under: Commentary — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:40 am

If you are willing to celebrate in whacky ways, sometimes the world comes along with you.  I visit Youtube now and then to enjoy watching Matt dance around the world.  He had no style, but he had enthusiasm, and an infectious joy.  It is impossible for me to watch the video without a giggle.

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Things have changed though.  The 2012 video shows Matt branching out to embrace the world of ethnic dancing styles and large group choreography.  It’s not the sweet simple fun it once was, but I got chills when the group was dancing in front of Sibelius monument in Helsinki.  I recognized streets in several countries.  I had been there, and that makes the 2012 video rather profound.  We change.  We must accept that things are ‘Not better.  Not worse.  Just different.”  There’s always something to appreciate in the new, even when we are feeling a little nostalgic for the old.  Matt’s growing up, and apparently his family is, too.

Celebrate.

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4 Responses to “Dancing around the world”

  1. Gives new meaning to Flash Mob. Not synchronized or coordinated but very energetic.
    Laurel and Hardy Dance to the GAP Band.

  2. How nice to see an absolutely unrestricted LOONY.He’d fit in well with young author Patti Carrigan who’s got a few people to display their inner lack of rhythm on her site.


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