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If you know me, you know that I absolutely LOVE Disney! Whether it's a Disney movie, Disney World, talking about Walt Disney himself, or singing Disney songs, I love just about everything related to the Walt Disney Company.
If you know me, you know that I absolutely LOVE Disney! Whether it's a Disney movie, Disney World, talking about Walt Disney himself, or singing Disney songs, I love just about everything related to the Walt Disney Company.
I'm always looking up new facts about anything Disney related, and I follow the many aspects of the Disney Company on different forms of social media. Today, some interesting information popped up that told me that today is the anniversary of the opening day of Magic Kingdom. Well, since Magic Kingdom is just about my favorite place in the whole world, I figured that I had to do something to celebrate the anniversary in my own way.
A few weeks ago, I had gotten a song stuck in my head that I hadn't listened to in a while. It was "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," from the movie Cinderella. But the version that was playing on a loop in my head was actually the version sung by the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, from the early 2000s. It was sung by all of the stars whose shows I watched constantly on Disney Channel. So since the song was stuck in my head, I figured why not try to translate it into sign language? It would give me a new project to work on, and give me a chance to use ASL outside of the classes I'm teaching.
So for the past few weeks, I've been working on the translation and figuring out how to interpret the song. I've practiced every time I was alone in my bedroom, and worked on getting the signs memorized. Yesterday, I finally felt good enough to try to record myself performing the song. But of course, this is my house that we're talking about; I waited too long to record and ended up trying to do it after the kids were home from school, so I kept getting interrupted.
Today, however, when I saw that it was the anniversary of the opening of Magic Kingdom, I knew that I wanted to make it a point to get the video recorded and posted online today. So that was my project for the day. It probably took over twenty takes, between the sound not working and me laughing in the middle of the song, but I finally got the song recorded. I put it on YouTube earlier today, and I wanted to share it here tonight. {Please excuse the weird face in the thumbnail of the video haha!}
A few weeks ago, I had gotten a song stuck in my head that I hadn't listened to in a while. It was "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," from the movie Cinderella. But the version that was playing on a loop in my head was actually the version sung by the Disney Channel Circle of Stars, from the early 2000s. It was sung by all of the stars whose shows I watched constantly on Disney Channel. So since the song was stuck in my head, I figured why not try to translate it into sign language? It would give me a new project to work on, and give me a chance to use ASL outside of the classes I'm teaching.
So for the past few weeks, I've been working on the translation and figuring out how to interpret the song. I've practiced every time I was alone in my bedroom, and worked on getting the signs memorized. Yesterday, I finally felt good enough to try to record myself performing the song. But of course, this is my house that we're talking about; I waited too long to record and ended up trying to do it after the kids were home from school, so I kept getting interrupted.
Today, however, when I saw that it was the anniversary of the opening of Magic Kingdom, I knew that I wanted to make it a point to get the video recorded and posted online today. So that was my project for the day. It probably took over twenty takes, between the sound not working and me laughing in the middle of the song, but I finally got the song recorded. I put it on YouTube earlier today, and I wanted to share it here tonight. {Please excuse the weird face in the thumbnail of the video haha!}
I hope you enjoyed the song! Let me know what you think about it in the comments below!
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Thanks!
Taylor
Thank you so much for your continued support! I look forward to sharing more stories about my experience with foster care, and hopefully hearing from readers who have questions or similar stories to share. I'm always willing to answer questions and hear about other experiences! Please don't forget to like and share my Facebook author page as well!
I’d greatly appreciate it if you would share this blog with friends and family through your favorite social media sites. If you’re sharing on Twitter, don’t forget to tag me (@TayTayK02) and use the hashtag #TaylorTalks.
Thanks!
Taylor
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