Most Wanted

“Great dancers aren’t great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.” - Unknown

I would love to tell you that Kurt’s break dancing has improved since the last video… goodness knows he has been practicing enough… but I am sorry to tell you that it hasn’t. However, his bowling skills have improved (he goes to the alley at least once a week on a non league night to practice), so we are thankful for that.

Last week after bowling, Edith (our bartender every week for bowling, and also the magnificent person who told us about league night) came up to me to tell me that her son Angel (the kid who usually has “pin duty” when we bowl) and his friends wanted to dance for us.

You may remember from Kurt’s “Impressive” video, that Angel, in addition to being a “pin boy,” is also a break dance instructor, so when we were invited to watch them dance, we were thrilled.

We entered a room right next door to the bowling alley that seems to be a large ballroom. I don’t know what, if anything, it is ever used for… but that night it was used for a bunch of 16 year olds kids to show up a 37 year old man. Quiet easily I might add.

Here is Kurt trying to gain membership into the group.

We introduced ourselves to them, and they told us the name of their group is “Most Wanted” (and no, I did not just translate it for you, they use an English name for their team). Most Wanted is comprised of a group of kids who live locally, and apparently hang together all the time. I don’t believe that any of them have ever had any formal instruction, but we were quite impressed by their moves. Despite the fact that there wasn’t any music for them to dance to, it turns out clapping is enough for them to get rolling, and they put on a little show for us.

Here are videos of each of them dancing.

After they were finished with their show, we encouraged Kurt to show them what he was made of… at which time Kurt was faced with a dilemma. Even in his most delusional state, Kurt knows that these kids are capable of things that he couldn’t do even when he was 13 and had an “Alfonzo Breaking Board”…but how could he turn down a challenge? Luckily for us, he had consumed a few beers, so talking him into making an ass of himself didn’t prove to be that difficult. God bless him.