At America's Got Talent, Supporting a Friend
Watching Avantgardey and what surprised us.
Wouldn't you say yes if your daughter's dance teacher invited you to a taping of America's Got Talent in Los Angeles?
We sure did and enjoyed every second of the experience, with a few surprises thrown in. Watching a live taping is an experience I'll never forget. So, who is this teacher who hooked us up with tickets? She's Nona Sensei to my daughter and my niece in Japan, who's been taking regular dance lessons from her for several years. To everyone else, she's Nona, one of the lead members of the twenty-person Avantgardey dance group from Japan.
They shocked the world with their creative and uniform dance moves, identical schoolgirl attire, and short black wigs in their first audition for America's Got Talent in June.
The semi-final performance was in the middle of the week last Tuesday, with the results shown on Wednesday. The idea of taking two days off from teaching and pulling my daughter out of school to go to Hollywood to see the show felt crazy at…
