Imitated Michael Jackson at Three Fountains In SC

I Remember when I Was 13 Years Old there was this School Dance at BUSBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL in South Carolina in Cayce Everyone Was talking about and Going to Attend, and I remember my Friends Persuaded me to go, I didnt want to go cause i never really fitted in and didn't want to be the laughing stalk as i always was when i was young!

But Since My Best friends wanted me to go i did, just i felt awkward cause mostly everyone had a boyfriend or guy friend with them, and here i was the only girl with my friends and just felt odd seeing everyone being in a couple when i was the only girl, but hey i took the chance and said Heck i'm gonna have some fun anyway lol, and i did!! and I remember a song from Nirvana ''Team Spirit''

And Me I'm not used of dancing to hard rock or anything im more, that dance, pop Disco Diva type girl that likes to dance to up beats and so on so i said to myself if i want to fit in i better give it a try and have some fun...then all of a sudden people started to laugh at me how i was dancing cause i was mostly shaking my head like a head banger as most Rock Bands do but I guess for me didnt suit the look for me especially since im not usually the type to dance to rock but after that night as past i went home crying and upset that no matter how much i tried to have fun and fit in i never did and i got to a point i was down and depressed!

Then All Of a Sudden to Change my mind i Opened Up MTV music Video Watching it on TV then Michael Jackson Came On Singing the Song Keep it in the Closet and for Some reason Something pushed me to give it a try and see if i can imitate his dance moves and i did!

i practiced and practised and knew my birthday was coming up October 7th and i so wanted to prove to all those people that laughed at me that i can dance, and i'am not going to be the laughing stalk in school and i fianlly got the dance, my mom was so proud of me, all of sudden my mom got neighbors to watch me imitate Michael Jackson Everyone was in Awe I felt Ecstatic and I Said to my mom im going to call those girls to come to my birthday party as that weekend on my Birthday there was a Evening at Three Fountains Roller Skating Rink In South Carolina at Night From 7:00pm - 7:00am and there was going to be a Competition that night and whoever was the best imitater will win a prize

So I did just that I Invited all those girls who laughed at me that night at my school dance brought them to Three Fountains, When the Competition Came on that Night I Showed in front of between 300-500 people that i can dance and that i do not suck i so swear that night everyone was after me omg it was crazy... Everyone was like OH Melinda can ya do Michaels Moves again I Did for the Fun everyone was going nuts i never felt so liked as i did that night my friends were so shocked on how i proved myself that night the friendship i thought i had with them just ticked them off they didnt talk to me anymore, but to me they werent true friends i showed them they were wrong and i wasnt gonna be laughed at and when they saw everyone after me i swear they treated me like they never knew me.

I Know Also In All Of That I Didnt Win First Place i Won Second Place Cause there was a Guy whoCame running From Up behind me and started to dance too but his dance was trying to hump behind me, i was mad inside but didnt show it held it inside lol, but i kept dancing anyway and even tho i Didnt win I Didnt Care as to me I Proved a Point to Myself and toMy So Called Friends!

When I Went back to School after the Weekend has passed, everyone in School Was Calling me Michael Jackson I Was Like WOW lol but It felt good cause i felt for once i proved a point that not only to them but also the most to myself, that no matter what others say about you or think on how your good or not good, Dont believe them, Search within yourself you have the Confidence to prove to yourself and to everyone that you can do it, we are all human, we all have the confidence and never let anyone bring you down....And with that memory I think about how much Michael Jackson's Music Brought me to become a Strong Person,as It might Sound Funny Might of been just a Imitation of his moves, but it brought me confidence and i know today that no matter what, i can get through it through good, or bad that either way we always will find the way, you just have to believe!!!

Hugs, Melinda