by Peggy P.
Fourth of July holiday yesterday: A bit toooo quiet here at the foggy beach what with Scotts Valley being ... perhaps Ooo-verly punctual? (a day early with their fireworks? really??) our intentions of catching that show fizzled out . Then last night's Main Beach fog was so thick, even thicker than "whirled-peas" soup ... that, though I heard muffled sounds of rockets bursting in air I saw not one tiny flash of light whatsoever through the grey mist. Brrr... Grrrr.... Nevertheless, yesterday was our national moment of celebration, to join together as one nation, to feel ourselves being part of a much bigger, grander community, and celebrate together, just because we ARE. So I watched it on TV. AND.... I am now IN LOVE with the sparkling host of the TV fireworks show from Washington DC's Capitol Mall, -- my personal Independence Day hoopla last night, while husband Bob was already fast asleep for the night-- --featuring Miss Mickey Guyton! (whom I had never heard of until then) She is the MOST all American person ever. She is THE perfect shining star to unite our country with what we need MOST at this dire time of national hostility-- respect and musical love. Her credentials-- She’s from Texas. (thus the "Y'ALLs") She’s black (and sings about that). She’s a woman. A young vivacious woman. Her energetic persona is down to earth, and friendly, but her singing is straight outta heaven. In fact she was introduced as having created a hit song that is now becoming THE NEW ANTHEM for America. (Aint we A-A-A-LL) “All American” Songstress Mickey is poetically uniting all corners of our very polarized American society. . . with a simple thrumming tune. It's lyrics call out to the opposite corners of our nation, that we are "James Brown and James Dean" ... "hand-me-down, tailor made, Daisy Dukes, dookie braids" ... "We got the same stars, same stripes, just wanna live that good life..." I'm now mesmerized and infatuated with this young woman who is now literally changing hearts all over America, starting with a small but significant act of unification. In her climactic performance song, she requested that each of us in the audience take our cell phone, turn on the flashlight app (!) hold up it up and wave our lights while we sang the anthem together. Thousands of people packed across the Capital Mall did this. The scene of thousands of lights shining from the great crown was brilliant, each one a small light, but together was a carpet of brilliance shinging in the dusk. So I even did mine too at home, though no one else saw it. And thus, literally from coast to coast of the USA, from DC to the cliffs of Santa Cruz, this singer orchestrated us to shine our individual lights, for truth, forgiveness and love . . . as the fireworks began boom, boom, booming over their heads in the nations capital, and on my TV screen, and in my soul. It was awesome. Although I admit the show was a bit too light in dancing..., except the song "She Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, did bring me to my feet for a solo Hustle dance. And there was the celebration of one of the best musical dance shows of all time.. "West Side Story"... but more dance in the Capitol performance would have been even better. Nonetheless, this show was just the healing spark our country needs right now So hey y’all… let’s carry on Mickey’s lit-up spirit in our dancing. Let's fill our dance space wherever you are in the USA... or the world... (Hey! I mean YOU my friends in Shanghai, and Chengdu China, and Kasese, Uganda and Tamil Nadu, India yes, YOU! Light up your space with your spirit, dance it out into your world with positivity and grace. Happy Dancing y'all... cuz y'ALL are ALL Americans, so let's shine our lights of love and truth on the dance floor! -- Teacher Peggy
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FOOT Notes from Teacher PeggyAuthorPeggy Pollard has been teaching social/ballroom dance in Santa Cruz since 2010. Archives
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