Dance with us.
♪ Use your hands ♪
♪ Use your feet ♪
♪ Dance, dance, dance ♪ (oh, oh, oh)
[chiming]
- Hello, everybody. - Hi there.
Ready to celebrate Juneteenth with us?
Yep, it's Freedom Day and we're going to have
a swimsational dance party with our friends.
Go, Goby! Go! Go! Go, Goby!
[laughing]
Fintastic moves!
Hey, Zooli, lets tell them why Juneteenth is so important.
On Juneteenth, we remember a time long,
long ago when black people were enslaved.
That means they were forced to work for no money
and couldn't do what they wanted to do
or go where they wanted to go.
They had no rights.
And that was just wrong.
But back then on June 19th,
what we now call Juneteenth,
all of the enslaved people were set free.
That was something to celebrate.
And today, black people can do what we want to do,
like start a business or become president.
So you see on Juneteenth, we dance to celebrate freedom.
And to show that we hope for a better, fairer future.
[everyone] Happy Juneteenth!
Here are our friends now.
♪ Use your hands ♪
Let's dance.
♪ Use your feet ♪
Dance with us.
♪ Dance, dance, dance (oh, oh, oh)♪
Whoo-hoo!
♪ Katherine Dunham Was a dancer ♪
♪ She really loved to move 'Cause it made her feel good ♪
♪ Yeah, it made her feel good ♪
Awesome!
♪ She studied other people ♪
♪ And learned how they danced And it made her feel good ♪
♪ Yeah, it made her feel good ♪
Alright!
♪ So she formed Her own dance company ♪
♪ And traveled Around the world ♪
♪ Creating her whole language ♪
♪ Of dance Inspiring boys and girls ♪
♪ She said Use your hands ♪
♪ When you're happy ♪
♪ Use your feet Oh, when you're sad ♪
♪ They all tell a story ♪
♪ And that is why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we Dance ♪
♪ Oh, that is why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we dance ♪
♪ When Alvin Ailey was a boy ♪
♪ He really loved to move 'Cause it made him feel good ♪
♪ Yeah, it made him feel good ♪
Alright!
♪ He grew up Watching others dance ♪
♪ He saw how Katherine grooved And he matched her moves ♪
♪ And it made him feel good ♪
♪ Well, she inspired him To move his way ♪
♪ And when he took the stage ♪
♪ Alvin danced his very best Yeah, Katherine was amazed ♪
♪ She said Use your hands ♪
♪ When you're happy ♪
♪ Use your feet Oh, when you're sad ♪
♪ They all tell the story ♪
♪ And that is why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we Dance ♪
♪ Oh, that is why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we Dance ♪
♪ Oh, why we dance ♪
♪ Katherine danced And Alvin danced ♪
♪ And so many more ♪
♪ They both would change The world of dance ♪
♪ Like no one had before ♪
♪ Because of them We all can dance ♪
♪ Right through Those open doors ♪
♪ Because they danced ♪
Bow bow!
♪ Come on, come on Come on, yeah ♪
♪ Use your hands When you're happy ♪
♪ Use your feet Oh, when you're sad ♪
♪ They all tell the story ♪
♪ That is why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we Dance ♪
♪ Oh, that is why we Dance ♪
♪ Why we, why we ♪
♪ So, that is why we dance ♪
♪ Dance ♪
[audience cheering]
Welcome to Rhymes through Times
[audience cheering]
It's showtime!
[audience cheering]
♪ Na, na, na, Now once upon a time ♪
♪ And not so far away ♪
♪ There was a little black girl A hero of her day ♪
♪ And she was smart (uh-huh) ♪
♪ And she was brave (uh-huh) ♪
♪ She was kind (oh, yes) ♪
♪ And Ruby was her name (hey, hey) ♪
♪ There was a rule In place back then ♪
♪ That said people With different colored skin ♪
♪ They couldn't be In the same school ♪
♪ And shouldn't be friends And Ruby said ♪
♪ "Wait That doesn't make any sense" ♪
♪ It wasn't right (no, no, no, no) ♪
♪ It wasn't fair (Oh, no, no, no, no) ♪
♪ And Ruby said, "We gotta change ♪
♪ what's happening here" ♪
♪ Ruby was a hero (hero) ♪
♪ For you and me (you, me) ♪
♪ And everybody (ooh ooh) ♪
♪ Standing up For justice and equality ♪
♪ (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) ♪
♪ And equality ♪
♪ (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) ♪
♪ Now, around the same time Another hero arrived ♪
♪ An extraordinary lawyer One of a kind ♪
♪ And he was smart (uh-huh) ♪
♪ And we was kind (uh-huh) ♪
♪ And he was brave (oh, yes) ♪
♪ And Thurgood was his name (hey, hey) ♪
♪ He knew that he could help ♪
♪ To put an end to segregation That kept children ♪
♪ In separate schools Across the nation ♪
♪ To fix this really bad rule ♪
♪ He used the laws as a tool ♪
♪ So kids Of all different colors ♪
♪ Could share a school See, Thurgood was a hero ♪
♪ For you and me (You, me) ♪
♪ And everybody (Ooh ooh) ♪
♪ He stood up for justice ♪
♪ And equality (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) ♪
♪ Hear ye, hear ye, The Supreme Court ♪
♪ Is now in session ♪
♪ Thurgood went Before the U. S. Supreme Court ♪
♪ For the history making case Brown versus ♪
♪ The Board of Education Normal waiting, debating ♪
♪ Contemplating separation Of people ♪
♪ Was an equal needed changing ♪
Whoo! [cheering]
♪ Everyone can be a hero (hero) ♪
♪ If they wanna be (Ooh ooh) ♪
♪ When you stand up For justice ♪
♪ And equality (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) ♪
♪ (hero) ♪
[audience cheering]
[drumming, audience cheering]
Welcome to Rhymes through Times
It's showtime!
♪ Whoo, whoo, whoo ♪
[laughing]
♪ Katherine Johnson loved To dream ♪
♪ She saw numbers As beautiful things ♪
♪ Understanding math That was easy to her ♪
♪ And when NASA called She went to work ♪
♪ They needed her help To find a way ♪
♪ To launch a rocket Into outer space ♪
♪ It wasn't easy She was the best ♪
♪ She applied her mind Rockets flew through the sky ♪
♪ She's said, "Oh, yes, oh, yes ♪
♪ I'm gonna always do my best I'm gonna use my talent ♪
♪ Change the world Never settle for less" ♪
♪ Oh, yes ♪
♪ Oh, yes Oh, yes ♪
♪ I'm gonna always follow My dreams ♪
♪ Gonna be like Katherine Change the world ♪
♪ And always do my best ♪
[cheering]
♪ Guion Bluford, Jr. He loved to dream ♪
♪ To him, flying was An awesome thing ♪
♪ He had to work harder To make good grades ♪
♪ So when it came to effort Yo, he got straight A's ♪
♪ He became a pilot In the Air Force too ♪
♪ But NASA came calling With a different opportunity ♪
♪ A new dream came clear On a new frontier ♪
♪ For a space engineer ♪
♪ He said, "Oh, yes, oh, yes ♪
♪ I'm gonna always do my best ♪
♪ I'm gonna use my talent Change the world ♪
♪ Never settle for less" Oh, yes ♪
♪ Oh, yes Oh, yes ♪
♪ I'm gonna always follow My dreams ♪
♪ Going to be like Guion Change the world ♪
♪ And always do my best ♪
♪ We all have Different talents ♪
♪ You may be really good At math like Katherine ♪
♪ Or you might have dreams Of flying like Guy ♪
♪ But know this when you commit To always doing your best ♪
♪ Even if you don't succeed At first ♪
♪ You can change the world ♪
♪ You can reach the stars ♪
♪ Oh, yes Oh, yes ♪
♪ I'm gonna always do my best ♪
♪ I'm gonna use my talent Change the world ♪
♪ Never settle for less Oh, yes ♪
♪ Oh, yes Oh, yes ♪
♪ I'm gonna always follow My dreams ♪
♪ Like Guy and Katherine Change the world ♪
♪ And always do my best ♪
♪ [audience cheering] ♪
♪ [music playing] ♪
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