Today I decided to visit one of my favorite places to go here in Las Vegas when I want to relax and sort of get away from it all. It's Lake Las Vegas which is about a 20 minute drive from the Strip.
It's often not crowded at all, but today when I got there I noticed things were different than usual. I went inside the Loews Las Vegas Resort and saw hundreds of people there competing for the Hip Hop and Dance World Championships, and hundreds more watching inside the ballroom where the semifinals were being held. There were teams from 30 countries competing so there was a very international flavor in the room.
When I entered the ballroom there was a break in the competition so nobody was on stage except for the host of the show. Moments later the host says to the audience "Hey, how 'bout some Michael Jackson!" and the DJ starts playing song after song of classic Michael. Wanna Be Starting Something, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Enjoy Yourself and others. The audience started cheering, many of them got up and danced, and some even went up to the stage and took the microphone from the host and sang along with Michael. It was quite a sight. There were young kids and older folks, people of many different nationalities all just having a good time and enjoying the great music Michael gave us. It's a shame none of this was filmed, you guys would have loved it.
Eventually it was time for the Hip Hop dance teams to go back on stage for the competition, but I almost felt a little sad for them, especially the first group that had to go on after "Michael". When Michael's music stopped playing it was almost like air being let out of a balloon. People didn't want it to end.
The "Michael moment" was such a fun and unexpected happening, and it brought back yet again how many people's lives he touched everywhere around the world, and will continue to for generations to come.
It's often not crowded at all, but today when I got there I noticed things were different than usual. I went inside the Loews Las Vegas Resort and saw hundreds of people there competing for the Hip Hop and Dance World Championships, and hundreds more watching inside the ballroom where the semifinals were being held. There were teams from 30 countries competing so there was a very international flavor in the room.
When I entered the ballroom there was a break in the competition so nobody was on stage except for the host of the show. Moments later the host says to the audience "Hey, how 'bout some Michael Jackson!" and the DJ starts playing song after song of classic Michael. Wanna Be Starting Something, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Enjoy Yourself and others. The audience started cheering, many of them got up and danced, and some even went up to the stage and took the microphone from the host and sang along with Michael. It was quite a sight. There were young kids and older folks, people of many different nationalities all just having a good time and enjoying the great music Michael gave us. It's a shame none of this was filmed, you guys would have loved it.
Eventually it was time for the Hip Hop dance teams to go back on stage for the competition, but I almost felt a little sad for them, especially the first group that had to go on after "Michael". When Michael's music stopped playing it was almost like air being let out of a balloon. People didn't want it to end.
The "Michael moment" was such a fun and unexpected happening, and it brought back yet again how many people's lives he touched everywhere around the world, and will continue to for generations to come.
