- Okay, so you are-- - I'm Angie.
- Angie. - And Michelle.
- And Michelle. Okay, and, uh,
this picture was taken when and for what reason?
- 1983. It's a dance photo.
I was four, she was six.
- And it is the worst photo ever.
- It's--you--four and six? - Yes.
- And you were in dance class together?
- Right. - Wow.
- Are you related? - We're sisters.
- Oh, you're sisters. Okay. - Yeah.
And so, do you still dance to this day?
- Did you continue? - No.
- No. - No?
Was it because of this picture?
- It possibly could have been, yes.
- Yeah, yeah, totally. - All right, let's see.
And then we'll discuss what happened.
All right.
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Oh, no.
That's--shame.
So, these are wigs you're wearing?
- No, no. - No.
- No? Your hair? - It's real hair.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- So a fan of "Annie," maybe? - Absolutely. I was, yes.
- So you were influenced by "Annie"
and you decided to get perms?
- Yes, well, part of it was that we always cried
when our mom brushed our hair,
so she decided to cut it off and perm it,
so she wouldn't have to brush it anymore.
- Ah, I see. - Apparently a pick was easier.
- Yeah. Yeah. - I see.
And the outfits, is that something that everyone
in the class wore, or was that special for you two?
- No, it was everyone in the class.
- Everyone in the class had outfits like that.
- Yes. - They didn't have the perm.
- They did not have the perm. - No.
- 'Cause yeah, without the perm
- it's just so subtle. - Yeah.
- Okay, so tell us about this.
- Okay, so when I was little my mom put me in dance
with my twin sister.
She said it would help me be limber with baseball.
And then, this photo, like, she didn't tell me
what the costume was because she knew
that I wouldn't wear it.
So she shoved me in a room.
She put the costume on me,
and then she took the picture.
- All right, Michael, let's take a look and see.
And how old?
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What is that? Like, a fox?
- I'm a wolf. - A wolf? Okay.
- Yeah.
The scene was the enchanted forest.
- I see. - I guess they needed a wolf.
- The one male character. - I see. Wow.
- Yeah. - Well, and you committed to it.
You weren't unha--I thought I was going to see you
- crying or something like that. - I always smile in front
- of a picture. - Well, good for you.
- So I had to fight through it. - Yeah. Good for you.
- Thank you. - All right, how long did you
- dance after that? - Another year.
- Okay. - I couldn't take much.
- Did it make you limber in baseball?
- I did the splits once when I was at first base.
- Good. - I was catching a ball.
- See, so she was right.
What's happening here? What age were you?
- I was seven years old, eight years old, Ellen.
I'm biracial. My sweet, white mother,
this was her idea of making my hair look great
for picture day.
- Okay. So you were seven, you said?
- Yeah. Yeah. - Seven.
So your mother, by the time you're seven,
should have figured out how to do your hair.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Your white mother.
Okay.
All right.
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Wow.
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- Erin. - It was the after pic.
- Yeah.
Their mother would have loved you.
You could have--
you could have lived with them for a while.
All right, well, everything else is good.
That's a cute little dress, and, um,
it's, I mean, that's heavy to hold your head up like that
at that age.
You could have been tilting down.
And you didn't like the afro?
- It, well, I was used to it. - Yeah.
- This is how I went to school a lot.
- Yeah. - A lot.
- How much more did it grow before it--
- Similar to this? Like a couple of years, Ellen.
- A couple of years? - Until it got so big,
and then it kinda just sagged on it's own.
- Sagged? - Oh, obviously. Obviously.
- That's the picture I want to see.
All right. So you figured out how to do--
- that--is that your real hair? - No, Ellen, no.
- That's a lot of--yeah. - Yeah. Yeah.
- That's--that's long. It would be like that.
It would be, like, you gotta walk through doors like...
So, Erin, somebody's in the audience
who actually went to school with you.
Where's Chris? Where are you?
- Oh, hey, Chris. - Hey, Ellen. Erin.
- Did you know-- you remember Chris?
- I do, I do. - Come on down here, Chris.
- Okay, so, Chris, hi. - Hi.
- How are you? Nice to meet you. - How are you?
- Nice to meet you. - Hello. Wow.
- Wow.
- Do you remember this? - I do, actually.
I sat behind Erin in grade school.
- Oh. [laughter]
- I had a hard time seeing the chalk board at times.
- Yeah. Wow.
She looks a little different, right?
- She does. She looks great. - Yeah.
- And--and--yeah. - As does he. He looks great.
He does. He does.
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Wow.
- All right. Well, while you two get to know each other again,
first of all, thanks for sharing these,
and you're all gonna go home
with a 55" TCL Roku TV for sharing that.
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