True confession time: when my son was small, we were a Barney, yes the big purple dinosaur, kind of household for a time. As the amazingly agile and light-footed dinosaur would sing and dance his way through thirty minutes of Barney-world scenarios, things seemed lighter, happier, not so serious.
As an admitted music junkie and an amazingly avid dance fan (for someone who can’t dance 🙂 ), I think Barney’s on to something. I feel the same way when I watch The Muppet Movie and see everyone singing and dancing through the town, “Life’s a Happy Song.” Before I know it, I’m singing along and bopping my head like nobody’s business. I watch “Riverdance” and “Lord of the Dance” and related hard-shoe fantasticness and any sense of doom and gloom I might have felt prior lifts right away.
So to begin your weekend off right, and to put a spring in your step and a song in your heart….here’s your jumpstart. Slainte, Lisa
P.S. If you start singing Barney or Kermit songs today, hold your head high and sing loud! 😉
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I LOVE Riverdance! I long to be able to do that, it’s just so exciting. And yes, we were a Barney family for quite awhile…2 of my boys loved him and we sung lots! Thanks for the adrenaline rush this morning and smiles:D . I hope your day is filled with many reasons to smile!
So glad that you enjoyed it…yes, when I watch Riverdance, I think, “Ok, ok, I’ll just take lessons and do that!” And then reason kicks in, and I’m just so glad that someone can do it so I can enjoy it. 🙂 Although, if you and I want to start a Riverdance class….heehee! Love, Lisa
Not a totally bad idea-it’s crazy enough to work! With our challenged legs & feet our classes would be full of people who say “I have to see this”! I’m hearing chung-ching over my giggles!!!!
I like that! I can’t sing, can’t dance, BUT as the melodies and dance steps go thru my mind – I feel like Fred Astaire. Great way to start a day. so I guess the moral to the story is “Be all you THINK you can be”.
I think I’m a muppet…I think I’m a muppet….actually, I think I’m Jean Butler, the lead dancer from Riverdance…taller and better looking. 🙂 And you are definitely a great dancer, but I was thinking more Gene Kelly. Thanks for writing! Love, Lisa
And the beat goes on.
yeah, the beat goes on and on…great, now you’ve got me singing Sonny & Cher. 🙂 Have an awesome weekend! Lisa