Saturday, July 28, 2012

Our Superstar!


If there is a microphone, you can bet Aliza Grace will soon be belting out her latest and favorite tune.  Our local state park has an outdoor summer concert series.  We really enjoy going to the concerts and the kids enjoy dancing and playing with friends.  The other day we were headed to a picnic at the park for a concert.  We told Aliza that we were going to listen to a band and she said that she was going to sing too. We explained that the band was the singers, not her, but she still said that she was going to sing.

While listening to the band, Jimmy and the Parrots, somehow Aliza caught the attention of Jimmy and he came down off stage and danced with her and let her strum his guitar.   He gave her his guitar pic and Aliza was officially a "groupie".  She didn't stop dancing for the entire first set.  She found her passion.  She was in her element!  The band took an intermission and Aliza took the opportunity to tell Jimmy that she could sing a Zac Brown song too, Toes in the Water.  Jimmy told her that she could come sing with them if she wanted to... Heck yeah, she said.  And we had spent half an hour before the concert telling her that she was not going to sing, but just listen to the band.  SO here it goes... the band played two additional songs and then Jimmy shouts into the audience, "Aliza, come up here!" and up she goes.  Completely fearless, she starts belting out Toes in the Water.  Initially Jimmy was sharing his microphone with her, but by the end of song she has completely taken over and hip checked Jimmy out of the way.  I was so amazed at how she was totally unfazed by the audience...this was a really crowded event, maybe 1500 people, and she showed absolutely no fear.  She did lose her place in the song a few times, but recovered just fine.  We owe a huge thank you to Jimmy and the Parrots for allowing her to sing with them.  She talks about it often and it will be something she will always remember!

http://youtu.be/6yU7dAPj7ao