Sounds like......'.Arrest Me'.....OR maybe not

Jax's school is pridefully the only one in the district that funds learning through dance and song.

I am impressed with this program and am so glad Jax can be a part of something that helps free his soul.

He loves this class and it is generally the first thing  he talks about when he gets home from school.  

OK, maybe the second thing because first he tells me what he ate for lunch.

Lunch is PRIORITY man!

 The parents were invited to a lil' sing-song-dance-along in the school gym to show how much the children have learned in these last 9 weeks.

He had been soooo excited for the upcoming performance, that he gave me a preview of what I could expect to see.

He repetitively (argh!) sang and danced to the "Bill of Rights" rap song because it is his all time favorite.

I started to get concerned with his version when I thought I heard "breast feed" in the lyrics.

I stopped him and said, "hey...sing me that part again".

I was sure that my ear drums had beat themselves so hard due to listening to "Jimmy John's" commercials, that they were now playing naughty tricks on me.

He repeated the line, and again, it ended in "breast feed."

He argued with me that that was FOR SURE the correct words to the song and if I didn't believe him, I could YouTube the video.

So, that's what I did.

Let me just give you a snippet of the correct wording in the verse:

(remember, this is a rap song)

RIGHT NUMBER 4!!!

NO ONE CAN SEARCH AND SEIZE,

IT PROTECTS ME

UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE A WARRANT

TO ARREST ME.

Jax was saying breast feed in place of arrest me.

Sing the song again with Jax's version.

It's damn funny!!!

Yesterday was the recital.  

The dance instructor showed an example of how the children react to different types of music.

She played some classical, and had them do a waltz of sort.  

They all seemed like robots, just going along with the moves as taught.  

Then she had them do the same waltz to a Beatles song.

The change in the kids' faces and the ease in their body movements were astounding! 

It was an awesome experiment to watch.

I have always been a believer in the great power of music.

There were 5 dances: 

#1 ~An African drum beating dance

(This dance was my favorite!!! 

It was so beautiful that it made me cry)

#2 ~The Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance

#3 ~An expressive dance about Lyme disease;

(LOL!! Just saying that they danced about Lyme disease cracks me up!!  This was an interpretive dance where the kids got into nylon body covers and moved around like blood cells, and attacking germs.  Jax was so funny in his man sized body cover, and seemed to enjoy moving in jarred, tweeky movements.  It was kind of one of those things, you say to yourself, "hmmm, I don't know if this was cute, or a bit concerning".)

#4 ~The formal waltz type of dance

And the final dance/song was Jax's 

#5 ~Bill of Rights to breast feed

 I wish I could show you the videos, 

but blogger said NO, 

and I said "OK fine...I don't want to argue."

And blogger thought I said,

"OK fine...I don't want to BBQ."

Words can be so confusing........