Thoughts from 10,000 feet...reflecting on 13 years ago... I am incredibly blessed to call myself a a tap dancer, an entertainer, a artist because every morning I get up and do something that I truly love. I will never forget the one time in my life when I didnt want to tap dance, which was 13 years ago today in Oklahoma City; the opening performance of the Caution: Men @ Work TAP Tour. I remember being woken up by one of my fellow cast members, and everyone piling into our tour managers room to watch the news, watching the plane hit the second tower. I remember being overwhelmed by the sheer amount on information, destruction, and fear that was being broadcast as the day developed. I remember taking a walk and seeing NO ONE on the streets. Ghost town. I remember feeling alone, and blank for lack of a better way to describe. I remember our tour manager, Brandy was her name, welcoming the audience who showed up to the theatre that night, and urging them to allow US to do OUR jobs: to distract and entertain, to take them AWAY from the fear, confusion, and distress of the days turn of events. I remember us all singing God Bless America together. I remember dancing harder than I had ever danced before, and I remember the blank feeling in the wings between numbers. I remember not wanting to tap dance, but realizing the weight of importance there was in our performance that night. I didnt know it then. But I know now the importance of being an entertainer; a court jester if you will. The ability to distract, to hold someones attention to something other than their problems, pain, and issues, to make some laugh, smile, or to put them into a state of aww. These moments are part of the very fabric that make life bearable, and the release that we need to continue fighting through it. #neverforget #911
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:00:00 +0000
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