YouTube Clips (NOT Billy Elliot Related)

[jdmag44]

OMG This one really got to me.
N.B. Kleenex needed for viewing
http://youtu.be/6dfc0EYktwI

Bonus I love this beautiful Video

A Russian mother and son. Talent is in the genes
http://youtu.be/i_8Lmg3juqs
One more http://youtu.be/uv6EmHtx0Tc

[kport]

Some Youtube clips can unexpectedly move one to tears, especially those that deal with unsung heroism. This one is about a true story; the protagonist is still very much alive (at 104) and is being proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nFuJAF5F0

http://www.change.org/petitions/nobel-p ... eace-prize

[jdmag44]

Actually this one is kinda Billy related

I hope you love this video as much as I do

http://youtu.be/u4Ml-NxHVl0

[porschesrule]

Like in the post just before this one, this video is sorta about BETM. It's the opening number of Gypsy of the Year featuring the boys from Newsies, with Giuseppe Bausilio front and center!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQiujjJLS5Q

[ERinVA]

Thought this would be fun to share.

http://digg.com/video/this-piano-automa ... play-on-it

[1RadBilly]

Luke Spring This kid is only 6 years old. He's got it!!!

http://youtu.be/rgPRU7W8jjw

with Justin Lewis

http://youtu.be/YhjBsD5pOgo

at age 7 getting better

http://youtu.be/MKiV9vfUuJk

Came across an article about Luke today....

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/t/s ... google.com%

http://m.youtube.com/results?q=luke%20spring&sm=1

Check out the videos above too!

[kport]

This is ample evidence why it is an outrage that BETM is no longer on Broadway, or the Tour.

[CJ-Rochester]

Here is a great video about what it's like to be a male ballet dancer. You can imagine a grown up Billy Elliot being among these guys.

http://www.shape.com/celebrities/interv ... let-dancer

[kport]

Well, once again I'm always behind what everybody else already knows about. From another link in this forum I came across this clip of Ronan Parke, from the 2011 Britain's Got Talent. Are you kidding me how did I miss this kid? He was brilliant! And when he teared up at the end, I started blubbering like a baby... I know he made the finals, but does anyone know if he won that competition, and what's he doing today???


http://youtu.be/KzUl2eiKx5E

And in the finals he lost to Jai McDowell, who released one album under Simon Cowell's label, before being dropped. Meanwhile, Ronan has gone on from strength to strength, and still sings (in a lower register) today. (My theory is that the public vote had turned against 'kid' finalists; Jai won by only 3%).

Cowell is a clever man; these competitions - especially in Britain - always have a 'human interest' element to them. There was Paul Potts (now subject of a film) and Susan Boyle (subject of a Musical), but you may have missed two other early finalists who also set the country alight: a bullied treble chorister and a Northern street dancer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbf55lvjrDM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDIsImNfBY

There is more than a bit of Billy Elliot in both boys' stories; interesting that they both competed just after BETM debuted in London. Clearly, they all touched a national nerve...............

Of course, just one year before, this contestant was showing his stuff, before he became Michael in BETM and went on to star in Matilda:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WErnPCUWW4k

[Borrobil]

Sure, Ronan is still around and was reported releasing a single a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/20 ... ng-single/