I Am Still Vibrating…

The Rook (my seven-year-old daughter) is engrossed in a website involving puppies or ponies or something age-appropriate so I am going to catch some low-grade shut-eye.  As I edge toward the fuzzy state of in-between consciousness, a roaring crowd comes flowing out of my TV which I have just turned down.  I open one eye, and there are so many dots of colors on the screen I sit up.  It’s a BIG screen and there are A LOT of dots...

OHHH!  Madame O! 

I enjoy the occasional Oprah show, but what is all this hoopla?  My eyes are focusing now and my body senses an overwhelming amount of…energy.  The Black Eyed Peas leap up on the stage after shaking hands with the crowd (formerly known as dots); they look as hip and stylish as ever. 

Is Taboo married?  That’s right,  I am.  Oops, never mind. 

“I gotta feeling…” will.i.am belts it out above the rest of his gang in the opening lines; I always love his amazing voice.

Look, that one girl, she is dancing alone, and no one else is…moving.  Weird.

That girl is brave!

Then, the whole crowd, section by section, starts to join in on the ruckus. 

Hands are flying, colors are moving, and the vibration is rising!  Oprah's face registers a look of surprising excitement.

The Rook leaves her laptop and I jump off the couch.   We are dancing together with both hands clasped,  jumping up and down, arms flailing rhythmically.  We look like a couple of monkeys who have lost our bananas but are still happy about it.

Every imaginable color of hand is waving in the air.  A human sea of synchronicity is unfolding like magic.  The Peas belt out, “Mazel tov!”  Currents of electricity run vertically through me, up and down, up and down, over and over.  I am astounded - it is love in action.

I can’t remember my President’s name, my aches and pains from a day in the yard are unnoticeable, and worries about whether we will flood this year are no where on my mental radar.

I feel *joy*.  I am present.  I AM. 

Oprah’s 24^th Season Opener was the largest flash-mob to occur in history, all choreographed to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling”.  Twenty-one thousand fans lined Chicago’s Magnificent Mile for the kick-off party, and everyone, but Oprah, was in on the dance setup-up.

The Peas mixed-up their smash hit and renamed it, "Oprah Feelin'", just for her party.  Ms. Winfrey has some pull.

Choreographer Ashley Wallen, Director Michael Gracey, and a small team of dancers taught the crowd the choreographed moves before the show started.    Fans were notified via Facebook to come to a warehouse for a special wristband to gain preferential access to the show, and learn the dance for the following day's taping.

The results are electric; the harmony is beyond words.  Don’t miss out:

(UPDATE:  go to www.oprah.com to watch this video - it is worth it!  It is better quality than the one which was posted on You Tube anyway.)