[Music] well tonight’s this event has been
well tonight’s this event has been
well tonight’s this event has been filled with really deep and emotional
filled with really deep and emotional
filled with really deep and emotional stories right now I’m going to talk to
stories right now I’m going to talk to
stories right now I’m going to talk to you about dancing to hip-hop and I want
you about dancing to hip-hop and I want
you about dancing to hip-hop and I want to pause just a second to let those
to pause just a second to let those
to pause just a second to let those words sink in and also have it connect
words sink in and also have it connect
words sink in and also have it connect to all of the goodness that is right
to all of the goodness that is right
to all of the goodness that is right here just as a way of introduction I am
here just as a way of introduction I am
here just as a way of introduction I am a middle-aged guy and I can now say that
a middle-aged guy and I can now say that
a middle-aged guy and I can now say that I am in my late 40s on a good week not
I am in my late 40s on a good week not
I am in my late 40s on a good week not approaching the holidays I’m about 30
approaching the holidays I’m about 30
approaching the holidays I’m about 30 pounds overweight I’m a white-collar
pounds overweight I’m a white-collar
pounds overweight I’m a white-collar professional I’m a dad to two great kids
professional I’m a dad to two great kids
professional I’m a dad to two great kids and some might even say that I am a
and some might even say that I am a
and some might even say that I am a little bit musically challenged I
little bit musically challenged I
little bit musically challenged I probably should not have chosen the
probably should not have chosen the
probably should not have chosen the topic hip-hop I probably should not be
topic hip-hop I probably should not be
topic hip-hop I probably should not be doing a TED talk about dancing to
doing a TED talk about dancing to
doing a TED talk about dancing to hip-hop now before I get too
hip-hop now before I get too
hip-hop now before I get too self-deprecating I just want to say that
self-deprecating I just want to say that
self-deprecating I just want to say that back in the day you know in the late 80s
back in the day you know in the late 80s
back in the day you know in the late 80s and the early 90s old-school I would
and the early 90s old-school I would
and the early 90s old-school I would exactly say that I was the main
exactly say that I was the main
exactly say that I was the main attraction at the Shiloh subdivision
attraction at the Shiloh subdivision
attraction at the Shiloh subdivision community pool but I mean I could hold
community pool but I mean I could hold
community pool but I mean I could hold my own when it came to breakdancing
my own when it came to breakdancing
my own when it came to breakdancing especially when it came to spinning and
especially when it came to spinning and
especially when it came to spinning and locking and popping and I don’t know if
locking and popping and I don’t know if
locking and popping and I don’t know if this tells the story but basically I
this tells the story but basically I
this tells the story but basically I found this in the archive the other day
found this in the archive the other day
found this in the archive the other day I mean the swish of great blonde hair
I mean the swish of great blonde hair
I mean the swish of great blonde hair the colorful sweater vest over the white
the colorful sweater vest over the white
the colorful sweater vest over the white t-shirt the bleached white socks with
t-shirt the bleached white socks with
t-shirt the bleached white socks with the cool brown loafers I mean if this
the cool brown loafers I mean if this
the cool brown loafers I mean if this doesn’t say
doesn’t say
doesn’t say gather round I mean actually back up
gather round I mean actually back up
gather round I mean actually back up because this running man is headed to
because this running man is headed to
because this running man is headed to the Cabbage Patch I don’t know what does
the Cabbage Patch I don’t know what does
the Cabbage Patch I don’t know what does I mean the funny thing is when I was
I mean the funny thing is when I was
I mean the funny thing is when I was looking at this together night I think
looking at this together night I think
looking at this together night I think it’s funny that that girl I am she’s
it’s funny that that girl I am she’s
it’s funny that that girl I am she’s looking at me and and I think she’s
looking at me and and I think she’s
looking at me and and I think she’s saying oh yeah but for all practical
saying oh yeah but for all practical
saying oh yeah but for all practical purposes that was way back then and this
purposes that was way back then and this
purposes that was way back then and this is today and I have two great kids as I
is today and I have two great kids as I
is today and I have two great kids as I was talking about and that they had this
was talking about and that they had this
was talking about and that they had this ongoing debate amongst themselves my
ongoing debate amongst themselves my
ongoing debate amongst themselves my daughter who is Anna Luz 11 years old
daughter who is Anna Luz 11 years old
daughter who is Anna Luz 11 years old she is a competitive dancer and she is
she is a competitive dancer and she is
she is a competitive dancer and she is constantly getting into a debate with
constantly getting into a debate with
constantly getting into a debate with her brother my son who is 13 about is
her brother my son who is 13 about is
her brother my son who is 13 about is dancing a sport and they go at it all
dancing a sport and they go at it all
dancing a sport and they go at it all the time and she is constantly saying
the time and she is constantly saying
the time and she is constantly saying that you know what she does on the
that you know what she does on the
that you know what she does on the hardwoods and a dance studio is just as
hardwoods and a dance studio is just as
hardwoods and a dance studio is just as athletic as what he does the soccer
athletic as what he does the soccer
athletic as what he does the soccer field as a competitive soccer player and
field as a competitive soccer player and
field as a competitive soccer player and so when I learned that for a mere $10 I
so when I learned that for a mere $10 I
so when I learned that for a mere $10 I could be a part of a drop in adult
could be a part of a drop in adult
could be a part of a drop in adult hip-hop class this summer I thought that
hip-hop class this summer I thought that
hip-hop class this summer I thought that this was awesome I could join the debate
this was awesome I could join the debate
this was awesome I could join the debate of my kids I might could lose a little
of my kids I might could lose a little
of my kids I might could lose a little bit of weight but most importantly I
bit of weight but most importantly I
bit of weight but most importantly I wanted to demonstrate to my daughter
wanted to demonstrate to my daughter
wanted to demonstrate to my daughter that what excites her excites me and
that what excites her excites me and
that what excites her excites me and what interest her is fascinating to me
what interest her is fascinating to me
what interest her is fascinating to me and so I took some dance
and so I took some dance
and so I took some dance hip-hop classes
yep that’s me in the blue it was really
yep that’s me in the blue it was really cool it was really cool because for the
cool it was really cool because for the
cool it was really cool because for the first time maybe ever my daughter and I
first time maybe ever my daughter and I
first time maybe ever my daughter and I actually got to change places and so
actually got to change places and so
actually got to change places and so normally it’s me behind the plate glass
normally it’s me behind the plate glass
normally it’s me behind the plate glass sitting in the air-conditioning out
sitting in the air-conditioning out
sitting in the air-conditioning out there with all the Dance Moms peering in
there with all the Dance Moms peering in
there with all the Dance Moms peering in watching her and this time I was inside
watching her and this time I was inside
watching her and this time I was inside that glass box and she was outside
that glass box and she was outside
that glass box and she was outside critiquing me and I really had no idea
critiquing me and I really had no idea
critiquing me and I really had no idea that this really small act in this
that this really small act in this
that this really small act in this really small class was actually going to
really small class was actually going to
really small class was actually going to teach me some really big things about
teach me some really big things about
teach me some really big things about parenting so if you’re still with me I’d
parenting so if you’re still with me I’d
parenting so if you’re still with me I’d love to share just a few of those things
love to share just a few of those things
love to share just a few of those things with you tonight you guys still with me
with you tonight you guys still with me
with you tonight you guys still with me okay I don’t want to have to show that
okay I don’t want to have to show that
okay I don’t want to have to show that thing again so the very first thing is
thing again so the very first thing is
thing again so the very first thing is have the courage to walk into the room
have the courage to walk into the room
have the courage to walk into the room and be a little bit different so besides
and be a little bit different so besides
and be a little bit different so besides the instructor I was the only male in
the instructor I was the only male in
the instructor I was the only male in the room in a big room full of women and
the room in a big room full of women and
the room in a big room full of women and when I say that I was the only male in
when I say that I was the only male in
when I say that I was the only male in the room in a room full of women what I
the room in a room full of women what I
the room in a room full of women what I really mean is that I was the only male
really mean is that I was the only male
really mean is that I was the only male in a dance studio full of really
in a dance studio full of really
in a dance studio full of really attractive women
attractive women
attractive women some might say as I heard somebody say
some might say as I heard somebody say
some might say as I heard somebody say on the way out of Dance one time what’s
on the way out of Dance one time what’s
on the way out of Dance one time what’s the class that has the smokin hot ladies
the class that has the smokin hot ladies
the class that has the smokin hot ladies so it was after the fact that I learned
so it was after the fact that I learned
so it was after the fact that I learned that this class was actually made up of
that this class was actually made up of
that this class was actually made up of reigning beauty queens that was trying
reigning beauty queens that was trying
reigning beauty queens that was trying to do something a little bit different
to do something a little bit different
to do something a little bit different to prepare for the swimsuit competition
to prepare for the swimsuit competition
to prepare for the swimsuit competition of a pageant or that they were
of a pageant or that they were
of a pageant or that they were professional aerobic instructors and
professional aerobic instructors and
professional aerobic instructors and then there was me and so
then there was me and so
then there was me and so I did what any other guy would do I
I did what any other guy would do I
I did what any other guy would do I walked in and I went over to the corner
walked in and I went over to the corner
walked in and I went over to the corner of the room and I stood there and
of the room and I stood there and
of the room and I stood there and finally I had enough courage that I
finally I had enough courage that I
finally I had enough courage that I actually joined the ladies on the back
actually joined the ladies on the back
actually joined the ladies on the back row and for those of you in the back row
row and for those of you in the back row
row and for those of you in the back row you know that you’re on the back row for
you know that you’re on the back row for
you know that you’re on the back row for a reason it’s because you just want to
a reason it’s because you just want to
a reason it’s because you just want to blend in and it wasn’t until about a
blend in and it wasn’t until about a
blend in and it wasn’t until about a quarter of the way into this dance class
quarter of the way into this dance class
quarter of the way into this dance class that for some unexplained and explicable
that for some unexplained and explicable
that for some unexplained and explicable reason that the instructor decided to
reason that the instructor decided to
reason that the instructor decided to rotate the rows so I now was not only I
rotate the rows so I now was not only I
rotate the rows so I now was not only I was not only back row I was actually on
was not only back row I was actually on
was not only back row I was actually on the front row and I don’t know why he
the front row and I don’t know why he
the front row and I don’t know why he did this the only thing that I can think
did this the only thing that I can think
did this the only thing that I can think of is that he actually maybe just cared
of is that he actually maybe just cared
of is that he actually maybe just cared for me just a little bit and thought
for me just a little bit and thought
for me just a little bit and thought that you know he might want to see me
that you know he might want to see me
that you know he might want to see me live just a little bit longer because if
live just a little bit longer because if
live just a little bit longer because if we move to the front row we were closer
we move to the front row we were closer
we move to the front row we were closer to the door and so that meant that when
to the door and so that meant that when
to the door and so that meant that when EMTs and paramedics came in to actually
EMTs and paramedics came in to actually
EMTs and paramedics came in to actually resuscitate me then they didn’t have to
resuscitate me then they didn’t have to
resuscitate me then they didn’t have to go so far to the back of the class but
go so far to the back of the class but
go so far to the back of the class but it was one of those things where being
it was one of those things where being
it was one of those things where being on the front row I realized something I
on the front row I realized something I
on the front row I realized something I realized that I was disrupting the class
realized that I was disrupting the class
realized that I was disrupting the class a little bit not in a bad way I was
a little bit not in a bad way I was
a little bit not in a bad way I was actually disrupting it kind of in a good
actually disrupting it kind of in a good
actually disrupting it kind of in a good way because as somebody that was new to
way because as somebody that was new to
way because as somebody that was new to this whole environment I was moving a
this whole environment I was moving a
this whole environment I was moving a little bit different and I had a
little bit different and I had a
little bit different and I had a perspective that was a little bit
perspective that was a little bit
perspective that was a little bit different and because I was moving a
different and because I was moving a
different and because I was moving a little bit different everybody else was
little bit different everybody else was
little bit different everybody else was moving a little bit different as well
moving a little bit different as well
moving a little bit different as well and it reminded me going into that room
and it reminded me going into that room
and it reminded me going into that room of all of the times that I have gone
of all of the times that I have gone
of all of the times that I have gone into a PTA meeting or some sort of
into a PTA meeting or some sort of
into a PTA meeting or some sort of elementary school or some sort of social
elementary school or some sort of social
elementary school or some sort of social setting and I’m the only guy or I’m the
setting and I’m the only guy or I’m the
setting and I’m the only guy or I’m the only dad or I’m the person that is the
only dad or I’m the person that is the
only dad or I’m the person that is the oldest by far and it’s not sort of like
oldest by far and it’s not sort of like
oldest by far and it’s not sort of like in romantic comedies or in movies where
in romantic comedies or in movies where
in romantic comedies or in movies where the guy actually goes in committed to
the guy actually goes in committed to
the guy actually goes in committed to his kids into a room full of women and
his kids into a room full of women and
his kids into a room full of women and all the women are like tell me more it
all the women are like tell me more it
all the women are like tell me more it wasn’t like that for me
wasn’t like that for me
wasn’t like that for me I don’t know why all this goodness but
I don’t know why all this goodness but
I don’t know why all this goodness but it wasn’t like that for me and often
it wasn’t like that for me and often
it wasn’t like that for me and often times I was met with lies what are we
times I was met with lies what are we
times I was met with lies what are we gonna do with this guy whose committee
gonna do with this guy whose committee
gonna do with this guy whose committee are we gonna put this guy on it was
are we gonna put this guy on it was
are we gonna put this guy on it was oftentimes met with sort of skepticism
oftentimes met with sort of skepticism
oftentimes met with sort of skepticism about my motivation for why I was even
about my motivation for why I was even
about my motivation for why I was even there or confusion about why I was
there or confusion about why I was
there or confusion about why I was asking about things that were a little
asking about things that were a little
asking about things that were a little bit different and offering suggestions
bit different and offering suggestions
bit different and offering suggestions about things that maybe we could do a
about things that maybe we could do a
about things that maybe we could do a little bit different and it was after
little bit different and it was after
little bit different and it was after that that I realized that that is the
that that I realized that that is the
that that I realized that that is the big point especially when it comes to
big point especially when it comes to
big point especially when it comes to parenting I believe that being different
parenting I believe that being different
parenting I believe that being different isn’t a weakness being different is
isn’t a weakness being different is
isn’t a weakness being different is really a strength and if you start
really a strength and if you start
really a strength and if you start thinking especially as a parent that
thinking especially as a parent that
thinking especially as a parent that being different is a strength you
being different is a strength you
being different is a strength you realize that that strength actually can
realize that that strength actually can
realize that that strength actually can be something that you can turn into
be something that you can turn into
be something that you can turn into influence you shouldn’t just walk into
influence you shouldn’t just walk into
influence you shouldn’t just walk into the room and sort of go with the flow
the room and sort of go with the flow
the room and sort of go with the flow and sort of hope for the best you should
and sort of hope for the best you should
and sort of hope for the best you should think about how you can be a great
think about how you can be a great
think about how you can be a great influence to your kids and so I really
influence to your kids and so I really
influence to your kids and so I really do believe that it’s important for moms
do believe that it’s important for moms
do believe that it’s important for moms to be den leaders of Cub Scouts and Boy
to be den leaders of Cub Scouts and Boy
to be den leaders of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and it’s important for dads to go
Scouts and it’s important for dads to go
Scouts and it’s important for dads to go and be volunteers at the elementary
and be volunteers at the elementary
and be volunteers at the elementary school Valentine’s Day parties because
school Valentine’s Day parties because
school Valentine’s Day parties because it’s important that we have those
it’s important that we have those
it’s important that we have those different perspectives not from a gender
different perspectives not from a gender
different perspectives not from a gender aspect but because differences are good
aspect but because differences are good
aspect but because differences are good things especially when it comes to your
things especially when it comes to your
things especially when it comes to your kids I don’t think that we should all be
kids I don’t think that we should all be
kids I don’t think that we should all be in the back row just trying to blend in
in the back row just trying to blend in
in the back row just trying to blend in I really do believe that especially when
I really do believe that especially when
I really do believe that especially when it comes to our kids we should as
it comes to our kids we should as
it comes to our kids we should as parents sort of move up to the front row
parents sort of move up to the front row
parents sort of move up to the front row and make sure that they understand that
and make sure that they understand that
and make sure that they understand that that’s really how you can make a
that’s really how you can make a
that’s really how you can make a difference and you’ve got to be on the
difference and you’ve got to be on the
difference and you’ve got to be on the front row to actually influence the
front row to actually influence the
front row to actually influence the other thing I learned is that you’ve got
other thing I learned is that you’ve got
other thing I learned is that you’ve got to have courage with your own kids and
to have courage with your own kids and
to have courage with your own kids and you got to have courage to be able to
you got to have courage to be able to
you got to have courage to be able to say no when all the other kids are doing
say no when all the other kids are doing
say no when all the other kids are doing something or all the other parents are
something or all the other parents are
something or all the other parents are moving in some sort of direction but you
moving in some sort of direction but you
moving in some sort of direction but you don’t believe that it’s the right
don’t believe that it’s the right
don’t believe that it’s the right direction for you or for your own kids
direction for you or for your own kids
direction for you or for your own kids every child is different and every
every child is different and every
every child is different and every family is different and I think it takes
family is different and I think it takes
family is different and I think it takes a lot of courage to be able to be the
a lot of courage to be able to be the
a lot of courage to be able to be the family that walks in the room and moves
family that walks in the room and moves
family that walks in the room and moves to a little different dance and be the
to a little different dance and be the
to a little different dance and be the parent that actually moves to a little
parent that actually moves to a little
parent that actually moves to a little different beat and it’s actually that
different beat and it’s actually that
different beat and it’s actually that different beat that I’d like to expand
different beat that I’d like to expand
different beat that I’d like to expand on next break parenting down into beats
on next break parenting down into beats
on next break parenting down into beats and counts but really focus on the big
and counts but really focus on the big
and counts but really focus on the big stuff it was one of those beginning
stuff it was one of those beginning
stuff it was one of those beginning introductory hip-hop dance classes that
introductory hip-hop dance classes that
introductory hip-hop dance classes that I went into the room and I could tell
I went into the room and I could tell
I went into the room and I could tell that the instructor was like oh here we
that the instructor was like oh here we
that the instructor was like oh here we go he’s back and I would get through the
go he’s back and I would get through the
go he’s back and I would get through the class and I remember it was one time
class and I remember it was one time
class and I remember it was one time that he actually came up to me after
that he actually came up to me after
that he actually came up to me after class and he said hey man I just want to
class and he said hey man I just want to
class and he said hey man I just want to tell you you are doing great I didn’t
tell you you are doing great I didn’t
tell you you are doing great I didn’t have a lot of hope for you now don’t get
have a lot of hope for you now don’t get
have a lot of hope for you now don’t get me wrong you didn’t get any of the
me wrong you didn’t get any of the
me wrong you didn’t get any of the details right your moves weren’t that
details right your moves weren’t that
details right your moves weren’t that great but you’ve got all the really big
great but you’ve got all the really big
great but you’ve got all the really big stuff rights and you kept up if you get
stuff rights and you kept up if you get
stuff rights and you kept up if you get out remember that every one of these
out remember that every one of these
out remember that every one of these classes you know had a different dance
classes you know had a different dance
classes you know had a different dance and you were learning a different dance
and you were learning a different dance
and you were learning a different dance and so a lot of these dances actually
and so a lot of these dances actually
and so a lot of these dances actually had about a hundred and twenty different
had about a hundred and twenty different
had about a hundred and twenty different moves and so we would break everything
moves and so we would break everything
moves and so we would break everything down into smaller segments of eight one
down into smaller segments of eight one
down into smaller segments of eight one two three four five six seven eight that
two three four five six seven eight that
two three four five six seven eight that would be the dance and you would break
would be the dance and you would break
would be the dance and you would break it up and it went actually about that
it up and it went actually about that
it up and it went actually about that fast and so you can imagine me try to
fast and so you can imagine me try to
fast and so you can imagine me try to keep up with somebody like all of them
keep up with somebody like all of them
keep up with somebody like all of them like those like those folks try to keep
like those like those folks try to keep
like those like those folks try to keep up with them and have it go that fast
up with them and have it go that fast
up with them and have it go that fast and then you do times that eight you
and then you do times that eight you
and then you do times that eight you multiply that by 15 to actually get a
multiply that by 15 to actually get a
multiply that by 15 to actually get a hundred and twenty different beats it
hundred and twenty different beats it
hundred and twenty different beats it was really something else and what I
was really something else and what I
was really something else and what I realized through that process
realized through that process
realized through that process is that you don’t have to get everything
is that you don’t have to get everything
is that you don’t have to get everything right in our family we have created
right in our family we have created
right in our family we have created values we actually talked about the
values we actually talked about the
values we actually talked about the values we set at the dining room table
values we set at the dining room table
values we set at the dining room table and we worked out the values we wrote
and we worked out the values we wrote
and we worked out the values we wrote them down and you know I just remember
them down and you know I just remember
them down and you know I just remember thinking in dance class one time oddly I
thinking in dance class one time oddly I
thinking in dance class one time oddly I didn’t get any of those moves just right
didn’t get any of those moves just right
didn’t get any of those moves just right but by the time I realized that I hadn’t
but by the time I realized that I hadn’t
but by the time I realized that I hadn’t gotten it right
gotten it right
gotten it right I was actually already onto the next big
I was actually already onto the next big
I was actually already onto the next big thing and I would get the big things
thing and I would get the big things
thing and I would get the big things right it was like when you look at a big
right it was like when you look at a big
right it was like when you look at a big picture and you keep zooming in and
picture and you keep zooming in and
picture and you keep zooming in and zooming in and zooming in and you can
zooming in and zooming in and you can
zooming in and zooming in and you can always see that somebody’s hair is out
always see that somebody’s hair is out
always see that somebody’s hair is out of place or that somebody has a pimple
of place or that somebody has a pimple
of place or that somebody has a pimple and you focus so much on the little
and you focus so much on the little
and you focus so much on the little stuff that you sometimes forget the
stuff that you sometimes forget the
stuff that you sometimes forget the bigger picture which is that this is a
bigger picture which is that this is a
bigger picture which is that this is a beautiful picture of a family or a
beautiful picture of a family or a
beautiful picture of a family or a beautiful picture of a family I think
beautiful picture of a family I think
beautiful picture of a family I think that’s so often so many times we
that’s so often so many times we
that’s so often so many times we actually think that by breaking things
actually think that by breaking things
actually think that by breaking things down into individual segments and by the
down into individual segments and by the
down into individual segments and by the way this isn’t necessarily some sort of
way this isn’t necessarily some sort of
way this isn’t necessarily some sort of big dramatic insight that to be able to
big dramatic insight that to be able to
big dramatic insight that to be able to do big things you have to break things
do big things you have to break things
do big things you have to break things down into segments but I think sometimes
down into segments but I think sometimes
down into segments but I think sometimes we actually think that if when we’re
we actually think that if when we’re
we actually think that if when we’re breaking those things down into beats or
breaking those things down into beats or
breaking those things down into beats or accounts or segments that if we don’t
accounts or segments that if we don’t
accounts or segments that if we don’t get them perfect and we don’t get them
get them perfect and we don’t get them
get them perfect and we don’t get them just right then it doesn’t roll up to
just right then it doesn’t roll up to
just right then it doesn’t roll up to anything big I remember thinking that
anything big I remember thinking that
anything big I remember thinking that when and that’s just not true by the way
when and that’s just not true by the way
when and that’s just not true by the way I remember thinking that when I was when
I remember thinking that when I was when
I remember thinking that when I was when my kids were young and when I was a
my kids were young and when I was a
my kids were young and when I was a young dad and young parents I remember
young dad and young parents I remember
young dad and young parents I remember thinking and some of you parents may may
thinking and some of you parents may may
thinking and some of you parents may may remember thinking sort of the same thing
remember thinking sort of the same thing
remember thinking sort of the same thing I remember thinking in a time of
I remember thinking in a time of
I remember thinking in a time of frustration is this the moment that I am
frustration is this the moment that I am
frustration is this the moment that I am screwing up my kids
screwing up my kids
screwing up my kids I remember thinking after a you know a
I remember thinking after a you know a
I remember thinking after a you know a particularly bad 10 or 15 minutes oh my
particularly bad 10 or 15 minutes oh my
particularly bad 10 or 15 minutes oh my gosh is that the 10 or 15 minutes that
gosh is that the 10 or 15 minutes that
gosh is that the 10 or 15 minutes that they’re going to remember and is going
they’re going to remember and is going
they’re going to remember and is going to define our relationship and that’s
to define our relationship and that’s
to define our relationship and that’s what they’re going to remember when they
what they’re going to remember when they
what they’re going to remember when they have to
have to
have to the decision if they put me in a nursing
the decision if they put me in a nursing
the decision if they put me in a nursing home and then I just relaxed I just
home and then I just relaxed I just
home and then I just relaxed I just relaxed because even though we might not
relaxed because even though we might not
relaxed because even though we might not be getting the individual things always
be getting the individual things always
be getting the individual things always right we might not be getting all the
right we might not be getting all the
right we might not be getting all the details right as long as you have your
details right as long as you have your
details right as long as you have your eye and as long as you have defined the
eye and as long as you have defined the
eye and as long as you have defined the bigger the bigger items the bigger
bigger the bigger items the bigger
bigger the bigger items the bigger values everything is going to be okay
values everything is going to be okay
values everything is going to be okay the other thing I learned is that even
the other thing I learned is that even
the other thing I learned is that even when you’ve been kicked in the head you
when you’ve been kicked in the head you
when you’ve been kicked in the head you got to get up and be supportive there
got to get up and be supportive there
got to get up and be supportive there was one time where I was on the floor
was one time where I was on the floor
was one time where I was on the floor and I was about to pop up and the lady
and I was about to pop up and the lady
and I was about to pop up and the lady next to me hit my head with her raised
next to me hit my head with her raised
next to me hit my head with her raised leg with such intensity and force that I
leg with such intensity and force that I
leg with such intensity and force that I don’t know if you guys remember but like
don’t know if you guys remember but like
don’t know if you guys remember but like in the cartoons when people would be
in the cartoons when people would be
in the cartoons when people would be down on the ground after being hit and
down on the ground after being hit and
down on the ground after being hit and the stars were swirling that’s what it
the stars were swirling that’s what it
the stars were swirling that’s what it was like for me and I remember as I was
was like for me and I remember as I was
was like for me and I remember as I was trying to get up drenched in sweat that
trying to get up drenched in sweat that
trying to get up drenched in sweat that I looked over at my daughter and she was
I looked over at my daughter and she was
I looked over at my daughter and she was through the through the through the
through the through the through the
through the through the through the glass and she was so full of pride and
glass and she was so full of pride and
glass and she was so full of pride and she gave me this thumbs-up and that
she gave me this thumbs-up and that
she gave me this thumbs-up and that helped me get up and it helped me move
helped me get up and it helped me move
helped me get up and it helped me move on and I remember thinking all through
on and I remember thinking all through
on and I remember thinking all through that process that that to me is what
that process that that to me is what
that process that that to me is what parenting is like we need to pay
parenting is like we need to pay
parenting is like we need to pay attention to on this journey of
attention to on this journey of
attention to on this journey of parenting we need to pay attention to
parenting we need to pay attention to
parenting we need to pay attention to the the breadcrumbs that are along the
the the breadcrumbs that are along the
the the breadcrumbs that are along the way of support our kids give it to us
way of support our kids give it to us
way of support our kids give it to us other kids give it to us and parents
other kids give it to us and parents
other kids give it to us and parents give it to us and we should be
give it to us and we should be
give it to us and we should be supportive of each other you always got
supportive of each other you always got
supportive of each other you always got to get up even when you’ve been kicked
to get up even when you’ve been kicked
to get up even when you’ve been kicked in the head so those are the big three
in the head so those are the big three
in the head so those are the big three things that I walked away with from a
things that I walked away with from a
things that I walked away with from a summer of adult hip hop class and I did
summer of adult hip hop class and I did
summer of adult hip hop class and I did walk away with one other thing which is
walk away with one other thing which is
walk away with one other thing which is you know what it may seem like that
you know what it may seem like that
you know what it may seem like that music and dancing are really small
music and dancing are really small
music and dancing are really small things that they are big powerful
things that they are big powerful
things that they are big powerful emotional connectors that connect all of
emotional connectors that connect all of
emotional connectors that connect all of us and life is just better
us and life is just better
us and life is just better when we have music as a part of our
when we have music as a part of our
when we have music as a part of our lives and even though I’ve been talking
lives and even though I’ve been talking
lives and even though I’ve been talking about parenting tonight I want to let
about parenting tonight I want to let
about parenting tonight I want to let you know that even if you’re not a
you know that even if you’re not a
you know that even if you’re not a parent
parent
parent all of this could be replaced with you
all of this could be replaced with you
all of this could be replaced with you know what hip-hop dancing actually
know what hip-hop dancing actually
know what hip-hop dancing actually talked to me taught me about life which
talked to me taught me about life which
talked to me taught me about life which is you know you’ve always got to have
is you know you’ve always got to have
is you know you’ve always got to have the courage to walk into the room and be
the courage to walk into the room and be
the courage to walk into the room and be different you’ve got to break things
different you’ve got to break things
different you’ve got to break things down when life gets too big into
down when life gets too big into
down when life gets too big into individual beats and you’ve got to get
individual beats and you’ve got to get
individual beats and you’ve got to get up even when you’ve been kicked in the
up even when you’ve been kicked in the
up even when you’ve been kicked in the head and you got to be supportive of
head and you got to be supportive of
head and you got to be supportive of each other so I hope tonight you realize
each other so I hope tonight you realize
each other so I hope tonight you realize that little small things throughout the
that little small things throughout the
that little small things throughout the course of being a parents or throughout
course of being a parents or throughout
course of being a parents or throughout the course of life actually can can help
the course of life actually can can help
the course of life actually can can help you as long as we pay attention to
you as long as we pay attention to
you as long as we pay attention to things like this
things like this
things like this and I hope that as you continue on your
and I hope that as you continue on your
and I hope that as you continue on your path of parents in your life that you
path of parents in your life that you
path of parents in your life that you always keep moving thank you
always keep moving thank you
always keep moving thank you [Applause]
[Applause]
[Applause] [Music]
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