Chapter 14: Learn to Dance

As a child, I feel that my years go by quickly. There is less confusion in the heart. After the New Year, I went to school, and before I knew it, it was March. In preparation for Children's Day, the school will select programs from each class. Our homeroom teacher also prepared a program.

During the class meeting, the head teacher Zhao Xiaoping said to the classmates: "I am going to rehearse a dance, is there anyone in the class who has volunteered to sign up?" He glanced at the classmates after work and continued: "The dance needs 8 boys and 8 girls. If you are willing, raise your hand and let me see. Some students in the class raised their hands one after another, but there were obviously not enough people. The head teacher also said: "The program needs to be selected by the school now, and after the school is selected, we will perform in the mine club square." He looked at his classmates and then encouraged: "Be brave enough to participate, are there any students who have signed up?"

I didn't know what was going on at the time, and I don't remember what I was thinking now, so I raised my hand and signed up. It feels incredible. With the encouragement of the class teacher, these 16 people were gathered, accounting for half of the students in the class. "In order to get familiar with the dance moves as soon as possible, we will start rehearsing tomorrow in the open space on the east side of the school building after school. When I get home today, I will tell my parents that we may have to come home late for the dance rehearsal. ”

When I got home, I told my parents about it. My mother just said, "Learn to dance, well, I know." My father looked a little surprised and said, "What kind of dance are you learning?" and I said, "I don't know." "You didn't know that you signed up, so why did you learn dance?" asked my father. "The teacher said that it was a rehearsal program for Children's Day, and after the school selection, it could be performed in the mine club square. I replied. "Oh, it should be an indicator on the mine. Father muttered to himself.

At the beginning of the second day, every day after school, 16 of us gathered in the open space to the east of the school. In the open space to the east of the school, there are two rows of weeping willows planted against the wall, and this season, the breeze blows through the treetops, and the willow branches sway in the wind, which is very pleasant to look at. But when I went to the gathering, I felt that everyone looked at me differently, as if I was surprised to learn dance. My physical condition is actually not good, my legs are quite serious, and there is a big gap between my legs when I stand upright, which looks very unsightly. In addition, I am dark and wooden, and the head teacher looked at me twice when he came. However, I have already signed up, although I feel a little uncomfortable now, and it is too late to quit. There is a good saying, if you have a cannon, you will beat him with tears.

In the process of learning dance, this experience is deeper. The hard conditions of the body cannot be reached, and it is really difficult to do a certain action in a standardized manner, and the decomposition action in the early stage is better, and after being connected in the later stage, some links are always discordant. However, God paid off his hard work, so he insisted on practicing every day, and finally kept up with everyone's collective pace two months later. I remember that day, the head teacher Zhao Xiaoping said with some surprise: "Our dance practice is good, even Li Yunlong is very standardized." "I heard it both proud and embarrassed. The big guys were laughing at the time, and I could feel more recognition, and I was happy.

In May, the school selection was coming, and in order to better perform the dance, the head teacher Zhao Xiaoping decided to put on a dance costume. It is impossible for a clothing school to come out, and it is impossible for Zhao Xiaoping to buy a set of clothes for each of the 16 of us, so he can only buy his own by himself.

The head teacher said, "The clothes should be white, with few patterns, white gloves and white shoes. "Do boys have to dress like that?" asked a classmate. "Well, of course. Boys and girls dress the same, and by the way, male students have to keep their hair long and go to the barber shop for a cut, and those with shorter hair keep a little more this month. After speaking, he saw me again and added, "Especially Li Yunlong." "Yes, I'm so bald... After the head teacher finished speaking, my friends all looked at me and smiled. This kind of smile of approval was not embarrassing, and I was embarrassed to touch my head.

I still need to talk to my mother to buy clothes. My mother was embarrassed and said, "Where are you going to buy pure white clothes?" and then looked at me and said, "Do you want white sneakers and white gloves?" ”

After the clothes were bought, everyone took them to the school and showed them to the class teacher. There are subtle differences between the costumes, but there is no way, and they are not purchased in the same way, and they are inevitably a little different when they buy their own. After watching it, the head teacher said, "There are some slight differences, but it's okay, and no one will be able to see it in detail when performing." ”

On the day of the audition, the playground was full of people, and we put on white costumes and got together very eye-catching. There is a local classmate named Shi Xiaodong, and we all call him Xiaoshi. He came that day with his clothes on an urgent matter. But the performance was about to begin, and there was no time for him to go elsewhere to change his costumes, so the boys formed a circle, and Little Stone changed his clothes inside. The naughty Niu Xiaoyu also said to the girls: "Girls turn their backs and don't look at it." While talking, the girls laughed, and the boys laughed. Fully equipped, trendy dances, and musically ready, our dance became a beautiful sight on the playground. There was no suspense that we were elected.

After being selected, everyone was very happy, and the head teacher was even more smiling. The head teacher said to everyone: "After we go back, we will put the costumes at home, put them away, and we will wear them when we perform at the mine club." Rehearsals still have to continue, and it is good to wear the clothes you normally wear during rehearsals. "The period before the official performance was not easy to rehearse. In order to better integrate into it, I used to practice with beats like one and two clicks, and occasionally put on music. And now, the head teacher holds the stereo every day, and is not shouting the beat of one click, two clicks.

The intense rehearsals continued, and it continued on Children's Day. The performance was in the evening, and during the performance, Mr. Qian always encouraged us and adjusted our mood. He told us, "Don't be nervous, just do what we rehearsed, make the moves, it's going to be okay." And, when the time comes, the lights and music will play, especially when the lights shine on you, you won't be able to see the people sitting on the stage. Believe that you can do it. As he spoke, he raised his fist and waved at us.

Finally, when we came on the field, according to the formation, everyone put on a starting posture, and the music started, and then a lot of fog came out around us to surround us, and we didn't care about a lot, and followed the rhythm step by step. A dance time is actually not long, only a few minutes. In that environment, the lights shone on us and we couldn't see anything, time passed quickly, during which Jia seemed to have a little problem, but it didn't affect his subsequent movements, after all, after practicing for so many months, I don't know how many times this dance has been done. When the music ends, the dance ends. Everyone left the field, the head teacher was waiting for us on the sidelines, we were all in a very happy mood, and the head teacher applauded: "Very good." Everyone's worked hard. "Hehe~hehe" everyone laughed happily.

It's a pleasure to participate in group activities and get recognized by your peers through your efforts. Through this incident, I can clearly feel that I am more integrated in the class group.