Wednesday, August 29, 2012

My Hidden Talent

Do you have a hidden talent?  Everyone does.  Did you know I can make a flower with my tongue?  Yep, but that is for another day.  Today I am talking about a different hidden talent.    While it isn't something I try and I hide- I think it is just something no one really knows.

I can swing dance.

I loved swing dance before it was popular (the second time--I am not that old!).  I learned when I was 11-years-old, dancing in our family room with my brother.

Several years ago (2009) my church had a talent show and so Eric and I decided to dance to a song based on a Sandra Boynton kids book Pajama Time.

I have a recording of the actual performance-- but well I cracked under pressure and forgot part of it, plus it shows us really far away.   So instead I will show you one of our many practices (with highlights from the actual performance) in our family room late at night after the kids were in bed.  (Please don't mind the video quality- our camera we now have is a whole lot better)

(If you are having trouble viewing the video- you can see it here)

Do you have a hidden talent?




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23 comments:

  1. KmamaAugust 29, 2012 at 5:45 AM

    So cute!! I couldn't hear the sound (my speakers are broken!), but I was smiling the whole time I watched it.

    I don't really have hidden talents. I can chirp like a cricket (which I've done a vlog of a long time ago) and I played the flute in high school. that's about it.

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  2. Liz MaysAugust 29, 2012 at 5:53 AM

    Whoa girl! He was really flinging you around. You guys rocked!

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  3. AnonymousAugust 29, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    Could you guys be any more cute?!?! You are good!!! What a fun thing to get to do together. I love that you did it in your jammies too! :o) I have always wanted to learn how to dance, any sort of dance really, but I am so uncoordinated. I wouldn't look nearly as good doing it as you two do!

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  4. AndreaLeighAugust 29, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    that is awesome! i've always loved swing dance!

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  5. FoursonsAugust 29, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    Oh, I have always wanted to learn how to swing dance!!!! It looks like soooo much fun.

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  6. JackieAugust 29, 2012 at 7:57 AM

    OMG! You guys are awesome I would love to be able to dance like that... so much fun!

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  7. Sara @ Domestically ChallengedAugust 29, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Jealous! So Jealous! That is awesome!

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  8. NicoleAugust 29, 2012 at 10:30 AM

    That's awesome! I try to teach my husband how to two-step and he forgets... how awesome would it be if he knew how to swing!

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  9. RachelAugust 29, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    That was fun to see again. Wish Todd danced! :)

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  10. UnknownAugust 29, 2012 at 11:47 AM

    You guys are great dancers! I loved watching this. Thank you for sharing.

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  11. NatalieAugust 29, 2012 at 12:17 PM

    Wow I am totally impressed! Can't believe you have hidden this gem from us this long :)

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  12. RebeccaAugust 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    wow that's amazing you are really good and love that song

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  13. MimiAugust 29, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    Wow Emily...I don't remember even seeing that before...thanks for the thrill !!!!!

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  14. MimiAugust 29, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    Wow Emily...I don't remember even seeing that before...thanks for the thrill !!!!!

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  15. HeleneAugust 29, 2012 at 2:20 PM

    Oh Wow, how fun!!!! You're really good (and SO cute!!) How on earth you didn't lose your lunch when he flipped you over his arm is beyond me!!!!

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  16. Kat SighsAugust 29, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    Wow!! That is brilliant. You both look amazing, then and now! What a great fun skill to have. I hope you use it regularly xx

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  17. MaceyAugust 29, 2012 at 6:01 PM

    I love how you did that video...it was seamless between practice and actual show!

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  18. SAugust 29, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    Super cute! I can sing, I have sung in a band, in choirs, solos, weddings, and the most unusual was I opened an India Festival singing the National Anthem of the U.S. with the flags of America and India behind me (with 10 minutes warning, I had no idea I was going to be asked to sing!)No music or effects, either!

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  19. Help! Mama Remote...August 29, 2012 at 9:44 PM

    Tooooo cute!!!!!! That's a talent I don't have. I have to think on that hidden talent question.

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  20. BarbaraAugust 30, 2012 at 7:29 AM

    That looks like fun! I've always wanted to swing dance. That's a great hidden talent.

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  21. LourieAugust 30, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    I have seen that in person! Woot! Hmmmm hidden talents me? They might be too hidden. I had better start digging them up!

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  22. T.J.August 31, 2012 at 6:58 AM

    yay for swing dancing- you guys look so very perfect together! I actually really liked how it blipped between home and on stage- hammered in the pajamaness of it all ;)

    When Champ was going to college I vividly remember late nights practicing with him for his dance classes. Yup- movement was part of the phys ed curriculum. We got so good at it (I say that loosely) that we ended up doing a song at our wedding... except I weighted more because of the dress and Champ's poor back wasn't happy with him a few days of our honeymoon.

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  23. RachelSeptember 5, 2012 at 9:34 PM

    This totally made my day! I love that your husband did this with you and you guys totally rocked it!

    I hate to admit that my husand weenied out and I ended up taking a swing dance course with my SISTER! :)

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