There’s nothing quite like a little Halloween spunk to put a spring in your step.
When that dance happens to be Michael Jackson’s classic Thriller, you know Cheng Gong’s going to put out all the stops.
Joyce first approached me about practicing with the 5th graders some time in early October. I managed to solidify the dance choreo through Youtube, and get together a dance group the following week. While the kids were enthusiastic and eager to learn, I was surprised to learn not many knew about this song at all. That fact alone made me feel ridiculously old. Nevertheless, the combination of hard work and determination sent us into beast mode practice for about three weeks.
Come the big day of the performance, we were ready to scare all the other little kids. Considering that 501, my performance group class, was also known as the arts or 美术 class, we had a ton of fun creating zombie makeup. I wanted mine to be particularly scary, so I added a Chelsea torture smile into the mix. The results left some kids crying and others screaming, but everyone quite amused nonetheless. (The giggles were definitely better than the shrieks of terror. I’m not sure I enjoy it when cute little kindergartners back away from the sight of me).
The 505 class, also dressed as zombies, finished off our dance by handing out candy…creepily. This performance and preparation definitely contributed to one of my favorite Halloweens and teaching memories thus far.
Hope you had time for a little scary fun as well!
Sherry
Fulbright ETA Taiwan, Yilan
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