Still Living ... Still Dancing

The new winter line-up of TV shows have started and there are a dew new arrivals in the Reality -TV category that have caught my attention. It was just another boring Tuesday night on the Telly for me, why? Well there was a re-run of the Fox network's, "Glee" showing (my guilty pleasure of the past year), so I switched to CBS. Guess who I saw? Yes folks, if you were wondering where good old Paula Abdul had disappeared to after her break from the judging panel of American Idol, you can now find her on yet another Reality-TV Talent show, "Live to Dance". Ordinarily this news would not inspire me to get off my sizable butt and write a new blog entry, but as providence would have it , I had tuned in just as my childhood idols were about to perform. I was definitely caught by surprise as I listened to the preliminary introductions of the group about to perform.

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I am not sure if I had mentioned it before, but as a very impressionable child, I had wanted to become a "Solid Gold Dancer" and Solid Gold was one of my favorite shows. Well right there on the stage, a slight bit on the heavier side and a little more mature looking, were three former Solid Gold Dancers. And yes my favorite, the African American dancer who used to have the extremely long ponytail was on stage dancing her tooshie off, even though she appeared to be a tad bit slower than the other dancers.


Now their performance in my opinion was not that great and had I been one of the judges they definitely would not have made the grade. Paula being Paula, the eternal optimist/pushover gave them the nod, but the other two judges were not in agreement. However, the crowd loved them and the lone male judge with a case of sentimental and nostalgic memories gave them the thumbs-up and they made it to the next level. He (the judge) attributed his decision to become a dancer in the first place to the Solid Gold Dancers and the show. And I was right there with him. Now even though I have grown up and never got the chance to become a Solid Gold Dancer, much less a professional dancer, I can appreciate the tenacity of these women. it's nice to know that these women are still living their dreams and still dancing...

Well its "Another Day and Another Bubble Popped!"

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4 comments:

  1. Sophie, your memory never ceases to amaze me. I used to watch the Solid Gold show to, but I couldn't tell you one thing about it.

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  2. I know right, but there are certain things that you just don't forget...

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