Stake Dance

We were invited by the Temple President, President Williams, to attend a stake dance that they had at one of the stake centers near the temple. It was a dance with all ages, primary to youth to adults. It had an ice cream theme, and its name was Baile do Sorvete (Ice Cream Dance). I will be honest that this was one of the most fun nights that I have had here so far! I really enjoyed going crazy with all the Brazilians there, jumping up and down and doing crazy dances with the kids I met there. We also taught them the dance for Cotton-eye Joe, which was a blast as well. It was fun to experience what a Brazilian dance is like with Brazilian music, with a little bit of American as well. It was pretty hot in there to say the least, so I was drenched pretty much from head to toe (you can tell that the pictures I took I am a bit sweaty, keep in mind these pictures were taken close to the end of the dance so don't judge me too much).

Brazilians like to always have a theme when it comes to activities like this. I remember in one of the areas on the mission they had a bucket night, where a member put a bucket on his head as the entertainment. 

Nick and I with the group of homies that we were hanging out with all night. We taught them some American dance moves (like how to get hyphie with the dirty bird and how to crank it like Soulja Boy) and they taught us a few moves of their own.

This is a picture of everybody dancing the traditional Brazilian forro.

Getting myself a little bit of the ice cream in celebration of the big event!

The guy in the yellow shorts was teaching us a dance that he made to "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. It was a lot of fun!

Pulling out the moves to teach everybody the line dance for Cotton-eyed Joe. In case you don't remember, the song goes like this: "If it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe, I'd a been married a long time ago, where did ya come from where did ya go, where did ya come from Cotton-eyed Joe!"

Everybody with their lassos going to lasso up the cattle in Cotton-eyed Joe. Man I love that song!