The Passion of the Kaia

As aforementioned, Kaia and Brennan have been participating in a children's choir through school for two months. So, this past Monday was the final performance. They had eight Disney songs ready to go. Everything from "Don't Smile at a Crocodile" to "The Sun will come out Tomorrow". And, the finale was "We're All in This Together" from High School Musical (I'll have to do a separate blog about H.S.M.).
Well, it was held in the auditorium and there were about 16 kids in the choir and about 30 parents. So, it was a bit sparse. The glorious thing about 5-8 year olds is they don't care! They had an audience and it was showtime!
Brennan knew all of the words to all of the songs and did well. He smiled at appropriate intervals and looked fairly comfortable on stage. The other kids were at varying degrees of smiling and knowing the words. And then there was Kaia...
Kaia was in her element. We have never given her an opportunity quite like this and I will not make that mistake again! Kaia was the most animated and enchanting child on the stage. It had nothing to do with being cute (although she is) or knowing the words. She simply became a performer. Kaia was dancing and boogeying and shaking her hips and turning in circles and clapping her hands and twirling and grinning and thoroughly enjoying herself. Oh, and none of the other kids were doing anything more than sway a little. Kaia was completely immersed in the moment.
At the end of each song, Kaia would look out at the audience and say, "Come on everybody! Clap! Clap, everybody! You're supposed to clap now!" A couple of times she said it before the song was quite over and Brennan would lean over and say, "Kaia, you're not supposed to do that until it's OVER". He was actually rolling his eyes and seemed embarrassed of her! :) The adults in the audience were giving me varying degrees of that bemused adult look when they see childish antics. But, I was too busy being charmed by my daughter's absolute passion for what she was doing. Kaia is a born singer/dancer...PERFORMER!