on monday, martin luther king jr's birthday, it was a whole day of practice and performing with the PCA. i'm the vice pres of PCA this semester so i get to have a lot more input this time. i love it. we went to idaho falls to perform for 150 mentally handicapped people and got the experience of a lifetime. they were seriously one of the best audiences we've had, they were so energetic. not like some of the snobby singles wards we usually perform for. there was this one guy in the front row who wore a cowboy hat and was yelling ya-hoo! the whole time. so freakin hilarious.
polynesian dancing has become one of my true loves. i was the worst as memorizing formulas and writing papers in school, but poly dancing, i think is safe to say i really picked up on. its also given me so much more confidence and helped me to be more outgoing.
during our performance we usually do some audience participation. our guys would teach the dudes of the audience how to do the haka and us ladies teach the girls to shake it like a salt shaker. i was the one doing the teaching this time. we even had a few gentlemen toddling to the stage with the ladies.
the ladies were so enthusiastic about learning! the guy on my left wearing the pink and white lei gave me a HUGE hug when we were all leaving, which i admit was just a little weird but funny. such innocent people who can't do a lot but can change peoples' lives and perspectives. we ended up doing 2 encores for them!
my PCA fam. it changes a lot every semester but the love is always the same.the hard part is just trying to get brett to do the haka with the guys....
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