But once the music started playing it was a completely different story, the transformation was miraculous.
The catchy tune that featured in our Flash Mob for our
nutrition project was called '
Sapito' which means little frog. In the anticipation that some of our little dancing 'sapitos' would get a little stage fright before their public debut, we whipped together some frog masks to make the whole experience a little less daunting.
As we approached our Flash Mob location there was a chorus of 'Professora..professora, no puedo', I can't do it, I can't do it,' they said. After suggesting to put on their frog masks, they seemed a little more at ease but once the music started playing it was a completely different story, the transformation was miraculous. At the end of our performance we received a warm applause from onlookers, then to our delight the kids shouted 'oltra vece, oltra vece - again, again.' So I asked the local crowd gathered round if they wanted us to repeat the dance to which they responded 'si, si!'. So we did the dance again. Despite being quite puffed out by the end of the second time around, the kids still wanted to perform another time but we decided to pull the plug and go back to school.
Overall it was a really energising and satisfying experience. To see the children conquer their fears of performing in public, watching them have so much fun jumping and boogieing about. Definitely something I would like to repeat again in the future, next time even bigger and better.
