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Tennis in the morning with friends and some of friend's friends. Pretty interesting i guess.
got home and watched Triumph in the Skies while eating lunch :D


at about 6, family friend picked me up to go to this yearly Taipei Youth Folk Sports Group performance. also picked up her daughter and my mom along the way. we were a little late, but the show didn't start yet when we went in. It was at Kirkland Performance Center.



These kids, ages 11-14 were selected in March this year from different elem, and middle school in taiwan. 5 months of practice, and they are truly AMAZING. well, they all already know how to do the stuff(like shuttlecock, chinese yo-yo), but still, having to memorize the choreography, etc. it was amazingly awesome.

They reached Seattle (from taiwan) last night and today was their first stop and first performance this year, they'll be travelling to other cities.

Performance:

There were a total of 6 parts to this show.

1. Harvest Dance: cool taiwanese tribal dance (Amis tribe). with nice beat and rhythm to start out the show. nothing too "wow" here. but it was nice.
2. Shuttlecock Kicking: These children were sooo good at shuttlecocks. like not even kidding.  hey pass it back&forth, use their face to bounce it, balance it on their feet and manage to twist their feet in this way (i cant describe it). and all these cool stuff. really cool.
3. Magic Wonderland: This was...basically just a routine dance i guess. I really like the theme and their outfits though. They also had umbrellas and they would roll around this ball on the umbrellas.
4. Diabolo Spinning: This was the chinese yo-yo performance. My fav. in all the parts. It was truly "WOWW WOW WOW". My heart was beating fast as i watch them to their tricks. Scared that they'll mess up. It was as if I'm doing the trick. Every time they do a trick, i get freaked out for them. not even kidding. i was soo scared they'd mess up or whatever. this part was FULL of exciting new tricks that keeps grabbing your attention. There's rarely a time where you can relax and breathe normally cuz it was really just sooooo intense!! These kids are pro at this. They could go on Americas's Got Talent and get a standing ovation. It was just woww. some tricks are the ones everyone's seen before, but some were totally new and exciting to see. JUST WOW WOW WOW WOW. im so jealous of them xD
5. Farmers's Delight: So after such an intense performance the pace slow downed a bit and allowed me to breathe again. This was a relaxing part but perfect for after the chinese yo-yos cuz i could finally sit back again instead of being on the edge of my seat. Anyways, this was a cute performance and contained old childhood songs that brings back memories&feelings(: Basically had the kids dance around with costumes as if they were peasants in the more olden days. Portrayed kids playing, and women and men's everyday farming life. 
6. Rope Skipping: This part was pretty intense too, not as intense as part 4 but still. This was jump roping at another new level. Contained several classic tricks like double dutch and swinging the rope twice while you jump. But they had to do these manyy manyyy manyy times. of course, there were also other high level stunts like 4 ropes swinging together.. the ropes were arranged really confusing and complicated. i couldn't even catch on.  and throughout the whole performance i was just thinking" howwwwwww did they do that. how are they jumping. how are the ropes not tangled together" and not only that, they were also jump roping inside jumping roping. there were also jump roping inside jump roping inside jump roping. 1 inside another inside another. i know it sounds really confusing and thats cuz it was just hella cool. and they were like switching sides and switching people for swinging the ropes all the same time jumping the bigger, most outside rope. super confusing to explain, you just gotta be there yourself. but HELLAAAAAA TIGHTT. 

Part 2: Shuttlecocks. See those colorful thingies on their feet, those are shuttlecocks.

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