Mr. Shadow Competition

Remember this guy?

It's hard to believe how much he has grown! I think he's about 4 in this photo.

Last night he competed in a Mr. Shadow Competition which is a benefit for the March of Dimes at his high school. It's a little like Miss America with a snarky twist for Senior boys. There is a talent portion, evening wear and even an opening dance number. For his talent he wrote an original humor and performed it. He had the whole audience laughing. He did an EXCELLENT job! I had to go up on stage for him to give me a rose during the evening wear portion. He looked great in his tuxedo. He just did a fabulous job. After all the intermission we learned the results - only 4 boys could make it in to the final and Holden was one of the finalists! Very cool. At that point they had to perform and impromtu karioke and each of them had a different 'pop' song. None of the boys knew their songs very well. Holden made up for it with his dancing and acting, it was very funny. Later they had to answer questions from the vice principal. We honestly thought Holden had won based on the questions and the karioke. He came in third running up (well...is that third or second? There is a winner, and then the runner up and then Holden was next). We were thrilled (even though we seriously thought he should have won the whole thing - apparently a lot of kids told him that at school today too and his history teacher asked him to perform his humor for the class - he politely declined).

We forgot the camera but his girlfriend was there and took photos so hopefully we can get some uploaded to the blog at a later time.

Anyway, we were extraordinarily proud.