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To ToddleWood "New Edition" or Not to ToddleWood "New Edition"

Tricia's new dilemma

"Cool It Now" performance

So last night I went to the New Edition concert. A friend of mine had tickets from a birthday present and invited me and Shawn to go. I had a lazy day yesterday morning and afternoon so getting Sunday and Skylar ready to be dropped off at my sister's and getting myself ready to be around a thousand people wasn't exciting to me. But being born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, this boy band has a special place in my heart. So I got myself and the crew together and we're off. After dropping off my girls, Sun and Sky, we were on our way to the Bronx, a place we're not too familiar with so we used my GPS for every move while we were there. The GPS pointed out 6 parking lots in the area of the concert - 3 of which didn't exist. We were taken to bodegas and brick walls! So we parked in the street and walked a trillion blocks. Anything for New Edition.

When we got through all the drama of getting into the arena, I was 15 years old again the minute Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnnie walked on to the stage. From Candy Girl to Popcorn Love to Mr. Telephone Man and all of Bobby's Don't be Cruel, My Prerogative and so much more...I lost my mind. I danced, sang and "performed" as if I was the 7th member. If everyone else wasn't doing the same thing I would have looked like a fool.

Then I thought, huh, maybe I should do a ToddleWood version of New Edition! Oh my God! That would be awesome! But I would only do the original 5. So I'm thinking wow, this is going to be huge. And then I got nervous about the challenge. Would everyone even know they were New Edition? Remember, these are kids trying to look like this group which could be confused for many of the other 5 billion boy/man bands! What would distinguish all the others, besides clothing, to New Edition. Would it be a quick and easy "oh my God that's a great mini-New Edition?" I'm really not sure. I've got to think about.

We'll see.

NEW EDITION