Our ward talent show was last night, and after much deliberation and changes right up until the last minute, Eli did in fact participate in the show. I was nervous that he would freak out when he was up there, but thankfully he just thought it was cool to be up on the stage with a microphone, singing in front of all of the wonderful, smiling members of the audience who happily participated with his songs.
We finally decided to have him sing “If You’re Happy and You Know It” and “Itsy Bitsy Spider” since those were songs that people could do along with him. And they are Charlie’s favorite songs too. We asked Keenan at the last minute to accompany Eli on the ukelele, which worked out great! Keenan is Hawaiian and brings his ukelele to Eli’s nursery class each Sunday at church – the kids have all have a blast dancing and singing songs.
Here is a video of Eli’s performance:
My favorite part of Eli’s songs was when he did the “peek-a-boo” action, and everyone in the audience did peek-a-boo back to him. He was totally tickled by 100 people peek-a-boo-ing back. And there was a crowd of little kids sitting up toward the stage that were fun to watch too.
Ideas that didn’t make the cut for Eli’s talent:
-Having Eli and Charlie re-enact the youtube video, Charlie Bit Me (it just seemed too unpredictable and we didn’t know how many people would know the video)
-Eli dancing to the “Hot Dog Song” from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (it is HILARIOUS when he dances to it – he does the crazy elbows and kicks and everything)
-A dozen other toddler songs that Eli likes to sing, but might not be as clear or fun for the audience
Ben also performed in the talent show – in a men’s quartet singing a medley of songs. I think they sounded great! Ben (is in the black sweater on the far right) sang bass and was REALLY nervous that he would mess up because they had only practiced twice. And he did make one main mistake, but I didn’t think it was a big deal. Here they are:
8 comments:
Both performances were so fun to watch, Sarah! Your family is so talented. I was so impressed with Eli getting up in front of the crowd and singing. I don't think Leah would do that because she is really shy. But I think it was great. I love that everyone participated with him.
ohhh I laugh so hard at the ending of johnny's part where he messed up too. Eli was a star up there. I think he made Kai super jealous that he wanted to be up there too. :)
I'm so impressed that Eli sang those songs all by himself! And Ben's group really does sound amazing...especially for 2 practices! It seems like you guys have such a fun ward!
how did it never get out during ChemE what a great singer Ben is? would've livened things up a bit, eh? LOL. Eli was TOO cute!
Musical family! I thought Ben's quartet was great! He was esp. fab on the "Good night sweetheart ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bas." (Did I type enough?)
Love it! what a cute voice and what a performer:0)
What a great performance! And I loved seeing Charlie clap along. Such good experiences you give your boys, like visiting museums, and playing in the snow, and performing in a talent show. It is exciting to see how well you and Ben are parenting these two little darlings! It will be such fun to watch them grow!
Love you!
Awesome! You have such a talented family and Eli was super amazing.
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