No matter how long you’ve skied or snowboarded or how much of an expert you are, there’s one nemesis on the mountain that poses an underappreciated threat—the tree well.
People may think the main danger of skiing through trees is the risk of running into one. But falling into a tree well is a less obvious, but still potentially deadly risk due to the possibility of snow immersion suffocation (SIS). Essentially, the area around the base of a tree creates snow conditions that are quite different than those out in the open. Air pockets in the snow combined with water vapor rising from the tree base turns the snow into a quicksand-like texture that is nearly impossible to escape from—the more you struggle, the deeper in you fall. Skiers and snowboarders die every year from SIS due to falling into tree wells and not being found in time.
That could easily have been snowboarder Ian Steger’s fate in March 2023 if not for the eagle eye and quick thinking of backcountry skier Francis Zuber.
Zuber had just begun a backcountry ski run with a buddy on Mount Baker in Washington State when a flash of red caught the corner of his eye. Zuber’s GoPro footage shows him stopping and turning to see a colorful snowboard upside-down next to a tree.
“I knew there was somebody attached to it, and obviously they were still alive,” Zuber told Vancouver’s City News. “I shout out to the guy…he can’t hear me, he’s five and a half to six feet into the snow at that point.” Zuber knew he had to work fast.
As the video shows him struggling to make his way back toward the tree through the deep snow, we can hear him muttering expletives to himself and calling out to the snowboarder. At first, we can’t see how Steger is positioned, but as Zuber gets closer and starts digging, it becomes clear that the snowboarder is completely upside-down, with his face buried deep in the snow.
Watch the harrowing GoPro footage Zuber shared on YouTube:
[Warning: This video contains strong language.]
Zuber told the CBC that they estimated Steger had been buried between five and seven minutes, “probably at either a third or just the halfway point of his possible survival time in there,” when he found him. Zuber said Steger hadn’t been snowboarding alone—he was with a group of three other riders who were carrying safety equipment including shovels, beacons and two-way radios—but as we could see in Zuber’s GoPro, getting back up a mountain when you realize someone in your group isn’t behind you anymore is no small or quick task.
Steger and Zuber have since become friends since the March 3 rescue and have even gone skiing together on Mount Baker.
Steger told the CBC he just wants to “enjoy being alive.” Indeed, after a close-call experience like that, every moment you have would feel like a gift.
Having your first baby is a scary experience. Everything is new—you’ve quite literally never done this before—not to mention an entire human is going to be removed from your body one way or another. Childbirth, no matter how your baby leaves your body, is not for the weak. But imagine giving birth alone to not just one baby, but three, all at the same time. Then imagine doing that feat at the age of 14.
Shariya Small experienced that scenario in a hospital in Indiana, and her nurse Katrina Mullen took note. Small’s babies were premature, born at just 26 weeks, when the average gestation for triplets is 33 weeks, according to ReproductiveFacts.org. Due to their early birth, the babies, Serenitee, Samari and Sarayah, had to stay in the NICU at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis for more than five months, according to Today.com.
During their time in the NICU, Mullen noticed the young mom visited her babies alone, not appearing to have much of a support system. “She’d be there alone for days at a time sitting at her babies’ bedside,” Mullen told Today.com.
The pair got to know each other over the months that the babies were in the hospital, but Small continued to be reluctant to open up about her family life. That changed after she found out that Mullen had her first child at 16 and had given it up for adoption. Their experiences bonded the two moms, and Mullen began helping to care for the babies and Small by giving her advice and showing her how to properly care for the infants.
Eventually, Mullen gave Small her phone number before the babies were discharged from the hospital. It quickly became apparent that Small did not have a support system, as she called Mullen often asking for advice. Out of concern, the nurse went to visit Small an hour away, where she was living with a family member.
The condition of the home was concerning enough, but Mullen became even more worried when she saw how thin Small’s son Samari was. It turns out he had to be admitted to the hospital, which prompted a visit from Child Protective Services, who determined that Small and her three infants would need to enter foster care. She gave the social worker Mullen’s information and things began to fall into place.
Listen to Small and Mullen explain their unique story below:
Thanksgiving Day, Friendgiving, Ribsgiving, Turkey Day — whatever you’re celebrating this coming Thursday, you’re likely going to require a drink or two to get through. It’s going to be a long, food-filled day full of anticipation, gluttony, games, and hopefully a good pour of whiskey or two. While we’ve already shared our two cents on roasting the perfect turkey and finding the best pumpkin pie, we’re also keen to recommend some great bourbon to sip every single step of the meal.
To that end, I’m calling out six bourbons for all six major moments of many a Thanksgiving Day. From the arrival to the meal to the after-dinner gaming to the “it’s time to get the f*ck out of my house” pour, we dove deep to find you a great bourbon whiskey for each situation. The “things are getting political” pour is on you.
For this list, I’ve collected six bourbons that range from fairly easy to get and affordable to truly special pours for special moments. And while those special pours are not widely available, they are available for a price (and I’ve linked to places where you can pay that price). Still, it’s important to note that my recommendations are more of a vibe than a “you must have” choice. Take the theme of the pairing and maybe find something that you can find or fits your budget better instead.
Sound good? Let’s dive in!
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This might be one of the most beloved (and still accessible) bottles from Buffalo Trace. This whiskey is made from their very low rye mash bill. The hot juice is then matured for at least ten years in various parts of the warehouse. The final mix comes down to barrels that hit just the right notes to make them “Eagle Rare.” Finally, this one is proofed down to a fairly low 90 proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Old leather boots, burnt orange rinds, oily sage, old oak staves, and buttery toffee draw you in on the nose before a sense of old fallow fruit orchards with falling leaves hints at old brick barrelhouses in the distance with a whisper of dried apple.
Palate: Marzipan covered in dark chocolate opens the palate as floral honey and ripe cherry lead to a winter cake vibe full of raisins, dark spices, and toffee sauce before deep and earthy barrel warehouse vibes arrive with a sense of the cobwebs, mold, and ancient wood takes over.
Finish: The end has a balance of all things winter treats as the marzipan returns and the winter spice amp up alongside a hint of spicy cherry tobacco and old cedar wrapped with smudging sage, old fall leaves, and bourbon-soaked oak stave from decades ago.
Why Pour This Now?
The first pour is a very important pour of whiskey on any Thanksgiving. It’s your handshake, you welcome to the party, your … “this is me” pour. You want something special but recognizable. It has to be great tasting while still feeling deeply classic to the point of nostalgia. That’s Eagle Rare 10 to a tee.
This whiskey is pure Kentucky bourbon in its most quintessential form. It’s deeply classical while going deep into fall/wintry flavors, which fit with the flavors of the holiday. Moreover, this is just really easy sipping whiskey that works on a big rock or in an old fashioned (if someone wants to jump on the bar and stir).
The “Dinner” Pour — Wild Turkey Rare Breed Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This is the mountaintop of what the main line of Wild Turkey can achieve (this is easily found on liquor store shelves for the most part). This is a blend of the prime barrels that are married and bottled untouched. That means no filtering and no cutting with water. This is a classic Turkey bourbon with nowhere to hide.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This opens like a dessert table during the holidays with crème brûlée next to a big sticky toffee pudding with orange zest sprinkled over the top next to a bushel of fresh mint.
Palate: The palate hits an early note of pine resin as the orange kicks up towards a bold wintry spice, soft vanilla cream, and a hint of honeyed cherry tobacco.
Finish: The end keeps the winter spices front and center as a lush pound cake feeling leads to soft notes of cherry-spiced tobacco leaves folded into an old cedar box with a whisper of old vanilla pods lurking in the background.
Why Pour This Now?
Okay, everyone has arrived, the turkey is on the table, the mash is rapidly getting colder and tackier, and now it’s time for a great food pairing pour. Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bourbon is the perfect pairing bourbon for a big holiday meal. The spiciness perfectly accents the big flavors on the table. There’s a nice honeyed vanilla that teases the coming desserts. This bourbon has everything.
Again, this is also very easy to drink neat or on a big ol’ rock. And again, if someone wants to mix this into a cheeky Manhattan or old fashioned, it’ll sing that way too.
The “Intermission” Pour — Bomberger’s Declaration Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 2023 Release
This whiskey heralds back to Michter’s historical roots in the 19th century before the brand was even called “Michter’s.” The old Bomberger’s Distillery in Pennsylvania is where the brand started way back in the day (1753). The whiskey in the bottle is rendered from a very small batch of bourbons that were aged in Chinquapin oak. The staves for that barrel were air-dried for three years before coppering, charring, and filling. The Kentucky bourbon is then bottled in an extremely small batch that yields around 2,000 bottles per year.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Sweet mashed grains — think a bowl of Cream of Wheat cut with butter and molasses — mix with sticky toffee pudding, old saddle leather, old cellar beams, and sweet cinnamon with a hint of candied orange and dark chocolate next to luscious eggnog with a flake of salt.
Palate: The palate is super creamy with a crème brûlée feel that leads to soft winter spices, dry cedar, and orange chocolates with a hint of pear-brandy-soaked marzipan in the background.
Finish: The end has a creamed honey vibe next to brandy-soaked figs and rum-soaked prunes with fresh chewing tobacco and salted dark chocolate leading back to dark chocolate and old cellar floors with a touch of smoldering orchard bark.
Why Pour This Now?
Okay, the true intermission pour is a bottle of water. After that, you’ll need a nice palate cleanser pour of whiskey before you go back to the table for round two. Maybe you’re out on the deck smoking a cigar or just hoovering over the serving table planning your next move. Either way, pour this quintessentially deep and nuanced bourbon to get a full reset on your palate.
Bomberger’s Declaration is a masterpiece with depth that goes beyond the ordinary. It’s grassier yet creamier. It’s nuanced and bold yet light and almost playful. This bourbon will reawaken your senses just in time for more stuffing and cranberry sauce on another pile of turkey and potatoes.
The “Dessert” Pour — Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Series #11
The latest release from Bardstown Bourbon Company is a full-on Kentucky bourbon blend. The whiskey is made with 73% 13-year-old Kentucky bourbon, 21% 10-year-old Kentucky bourbon, and 6% of Bardstown’s own six-year-old Kentucky bourbon. Once batched, the whiskey mellows before bottling 100% as-is at cask strength.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Tart cherries and rich toffee rolled in roasted almond and dipped in salted dark chocolate drive the nose toward cinnamon spice cakes with a hint of dried cranberry, plummy sauce, and rich tobacco.
Palate: The taste leans into caramel-covered peanuts with a hint of red fruit leather, old spice barks, and a whisper of orange rinds next to a touch of Cherry Coke, old leather tobacco pouches, and the old beams from a whiskey barrel house.
Finish: The end leans into a lush vanilla buttercream with notes of old back porch wicker, almost sweet cedar kindling, smudging sage, and cinnamon bark soaked in cherry brandy with a touch of chili-cut dark chocolate.
Why Pour This Now?
Okay, time has probably passed before the pies and puddings come out. Still, you need something that’ll counterpoint all that sweetness with a sharpness that’ll add true depth. That’s Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Discovery Series #11. It’s such an edgy yet welcoming pour of whiskey. It’s rich and saucy. When you pour it over ice, it gets creamier and more bitter chocolate forward to the point of feeling like a creamy espresso cut with dark chocolate and stewed red fruits.
If that doesn’t sound like a dessert accompaniment, I don’t know what does.
The “Gametime” Pour — Knob Creek Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Aged 12 Years
This is the classic Beam whiskey. The whiskey is left alone in the Beam warehouses in Clermont, Kentucky, for 12 long years. The barrels are chosen according to a specific taste and mingled to create this aged expression with a drop or two of that soft Kentucky limestone water.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This opens with clear notes of dark rum-soaked cherry, bitter yet creamy dark chocolate, winter spices, a twinge of a sourdough sugar doughnut, and a hint of menthol layered with smudging sage and orchard barks.
Palate: The palate leans into a red berry crumble — brown sugar, butter, and spice — with a hint of dried chili flake, salted caramels covered in dark chocolate, and a spicy/sweet note that leads toward a wet cattail stem and soft brandied cherries dipped in silky dark chocolate sauce.
Finish: The end holds onto that sweetness and layers in a final note of pecan shells and maple candy before leaning into a creamy vanilla cream spiked with tobacco and stewed prunes, dates, and figs.
Why Pour This Now?
Okay, the food is done (sort of — we all go back for more). It’s time to break out a game, a cigar, or a movie. This is where we all come together and go at our own pace. You really need an easy-going whiskey that delivers for that. Knob Creek 12 is just fantastic for easy-going slow-sipping after-dinner luxuriating.
Again, you can mix a killer Manhattan or old fashioned with this or just sip it neat. It shines over a big rock. It’s the perfect drink-it-how-you-like-it whiskey.
The “Farewell” Pour — King of Kentucky Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Single Barrel Sixth Edition
2023’s King of Kentucky from Brown-Forman in Louisville, Kentucky is a 16-year-old masterpiece. The batch this year was pulled from 51 barrels all filled on July 19th, 2007. Those barrels were left alone all these years in Warehouse G in the Louisville Brown-Forman Distillery. Once batched, the whiskey went into the bottle 100% as-is at cask strength, yielding only 3,800 bottles.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Toasted coconut and brandy-soaked dates lead the way on the nose with a rich sense of good salted dark chocolate, vanilla buttercream, and honeyed Graham Crackers sandwiching toasted marshmallow.
Palate: That dark chocolate takes on a creaminess (kind of like a small espresso mocha) with a sense of sticky toffee pudding cut with black tea, those brandy-soaked dates, a twist of orange, and plenty of nutmeg and cinnamon before leathery notes of old boots and dry tobacco arrive with an ever-warming heat from the ABVs.
Finish: The ABVs buzz to a warmth that peaks before it gets hot as the finish rides a wave toward orchard barks, mince meat pies, mulled wine, and whispers of pear marzipan.
Why Pour This Now?
At some point, it’ll be time to leave. Always go out with a bang! This whiskey is both elite and bold AF. Your guests will wake back up with this sipper thanks to massive ABVs and seriously bottomless depth on the profile. This is the pour that your family or crew will be talking about all year and ask for the minute they arrive at Thanksgiving 2024.
Send them off smiling with this outstandingly memorable pour of Kentucky bourbon.
The Cincinnati Bengals face an uphill climb to earn a spot in the postseason, and on Friday afternoon, we learned that things are going to get even more difficult. Zac Taylor announced that star quarterback Joe Burrow will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ligament in his right wrist. While there is no official word on what comes next, Taylor said that Burrow will likely need to undergo surgery.
BREAKING: #Bengals QB Joe Burrow will be out for the season due to the right wrist injury suffered on Thursday night in Baltimore, per team source.
Burrow suffered the injury on Thursday night during the team’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens, with Taylor indicating that it came on what appeared to be an otherwise innocuous tackle by Jadeveon Clowney. Burrow threw a touchdown pass to Joe Mixon but was in some visible pain after the ball left his hand. He went to the sideline and attempted to throw, but couldn’t do it without some serious discomfort, which led to him going to the locker room and missing the remainder of the game.
After going to the locker room, Burrow was replaced by Jake Browning, who is now slated to take over under center for the remainder of the season. Browning completed eight of his 14 pass attempts for 68 yards and one touchdown as the Bengals lost, 34-20.
There’s still a lot of good-sounding movies that haven’t come out this year: Poor Things, Godzilla Minus One, The Iron Claw, etc. But it’s not too early to look forward to 2024 — specifically March 1, 2024. That’s the new release date for Dune: Part Two, according to the Hollywood Reporter; it had previously been scheduled for March 15th.
“It’s important — it’s not a sequel, it’s a second part. There’s a difference,” director Denis Villeneuve told Vanity Fair earlier this year. “I wanted the movie to really open just where we left the characters. There’s no time jump. I wanted dramatic continuity with part one.”
The filmmaker also discussed Timothée Chalamet, who plays Paul Atreides, riding a sandworm, which is one of many reasons why Dune rules. “It’s a matter of life and death because, if you fuck it up, you’re going to kill yourself,” Villeneuve said. “It’s a rite of passage. It’s the way you become an adult in the Fremen world. That is a very important part of their culture and they respect the worms as half-gods, so they have a religious relationship with the worm.”
If you’re not excited for Dune: Part Two after reading “they have a religious relationship with the worm,” look, I don’t know what to tell you.
When it was announced that Suzanne Collins was writing a prequel to The Hunger Games, many fans were excited at the prospect of seeing fan-favorite characters return to the story and perhaps providing more context for the games. Instead, we got a villain origin story of President Snow, a man who gleefully kills children. But it is what it is.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakestakes place 64 years before Katniss (played by Jennifer Lawrence in the first film) volunteers as a tribute in the 74th annual Hunger Games. For the film adaptation, viewers are introduced to Lucy Gray Baird, a singer from District 12, also where Katniss is from. This led to some speculation that the two were related.
Rachel Zegler, who portrays Lucy in the film, says that the two aren’t related, though they have similar traits. “I liked that we didn’t really have a direct family lineage line to Katniss, it’s nothing like that,” Zegler told Total Film. “We didn’t want people to watch our movie and point and go, ‘Oh, she looks like Katniss’. I didn’t want that.”
Even though Lucy is before Katniss’ time, Zegler says she added in some nods to the character. “But there’s a specified curtsy in the book that she does at the Reaping, but I wanted it to be reminiscent of Katniss saying, ‘Thank you for your consideration’ when Seneca and the rest of the Gamemakers really aren’t paying attention to her in the training. And she also does it in Catching Fire as well so that was important to me, and we kind of ran with it.” The two also share another similarity: they both sing the same folk songs from their District.
Now that we have Snow’s story out of the way, when will Finnick get his redemption arc?
Harry Styles can do whatever he wants… except shave his head, it would seem. That sentiment is presumably at the top of the agenda for this month’s meeting of the Harry Styles Fan Club, considering how many people were distraught when Styles incidentally debuted a buzzcut while watching U2 perform at the Las Vegas Sphere last week. A video of Styles and his rumored girlfriend Taylor Russell (and his shocking lack of hair) were captured by TMZ, setting off an internet firestorm.
This week, Pleasing, Styles’ beauty and apparel brand, hard-launched his buzzcut by posting a portrait (taken by Lloyd Wakefield) to Instagram alongside the caption, “Our Founder, Harry Styles, toasts the launch of Pleasing Fragrance with friends in London. November, 2023.” And this morning, November 17, Styles’ mother, Anne Twist, chimed in with an Instagram post of her own.
“When you consider that H has a legacy of kindness and inclusion, has always made every effort to make everyone feel seen and appreciated for exactly who they are … there’s an irony in the negativity he’s been shown for having a haircut,” Twist captioned the same portrait from Pleasing’s Instagram. “Sorry but I don’t get it [shrugging emoji] #TPWK [Treat People With Kindness].”
The second slide of Twist’s Instagram carousel shows off her impeccable photoshopping skills, as she clipped this New York Post headline and sarcastically reframed it. The original headline reads, “Harry Styles fans shocked over shaved head reveal: ‘Ruined my entire life.’” Twist hilariously wrote above it, “Let’s uncrap that,” with three doodle arrows pointed toward Twist’s reinvented headline of, “Breaking news: It’s hair! It’s his! Also it will grow back. If he wants.”
Suddenly, there’s legitimate reason to wonder whether Styles really is the most creatively prolific person in his family.
In 2020, author Suzanne Collins followed up her The Hunger Games trilogy of novels (which included Mockingjay and Catching Fire) with a prequel book, The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. Naturally, a movie was sure to follow, and sure enough, 2023 made it happen with star Rachel Zegler portraying Lucy Gray Baird, who represented District 12 decades before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute. Coriolanus Snow is already on the scene in his much younger years, and he will be portrayed by Tom Blyth in the character’s pre-presidential days, after the Snow family has hit the skids following war in the gluttonous Capitol.
The movie arrived in theaters on November 17, but if you don’t feel like getting out of the house to watch, where can you watch it on streaming? Well, unlike runaway hit Five Nights At Freddy’s (coincidentally starring former “Boy with the Bread” Josh Hutcherson), the theatrical and streaming dates are not simultaneous for The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. Lionsgate has not yet specified a streaming date for this prequel, but when it does surface you can expect the film to join The Hunger Games trilogy on Peacock.
From the synopsis:
With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is currently in theaters.
Streaming services have become the way the majority of fans consume the music they love these days, and Spotify is the clear leader in the streaming space. That makes their tracking data significant, and fortunately, the company maintains the terrific Spotify Charts website. Their Weekly Top Songs charts can serve as a useful complement to the Billboard Hot 100 and offer further insight into what music is currently making music fans move.
Take a look at the the top 10 songs on the latest Weekly Top Songs USA chart (for the tracking week ending November 16) below. Check out the full top 200 list here, and if you’re curious about what the entire world is listening to, find the Weekly Top Songs Global chart here.
10. Taylor Swift — “Cruel Summer”
Summer (Taylor‘s Version) may finally be starting to fade away, as “Cruel Summer” looks just about ready to leave the top 10 of the Top Songs chart.
9. Tate McRae — “Greedy”
McRae’s hit peaked at No. 4 previously but it’s still bobbing around near the top of the chart, rising two spots from last week.
8. Drake — “IDGAF” Feat. Yeat
A new crop of Drake songs will presumably enter the chart next week with the release of For All The Dogs Scary Hours Edition, but in the meantime, his and Yeat’s “IDGAF” is still representing in the top 10.
7. Taylor Swift — “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
It feels like Swift will have some sort of chart presence until the end of time, and indeed, this “From The Vault” track is one of the three songs the artist has in this week’s top 10.
Kahan had his commercial breakthrough a year ago with his third album, Stick Season. The title track is crushing it 16 months after its initial release, reaching a new peak in the top 5 this week.
Country music dominated this past summer, and while that trend has mostly dissipated, Zach Bryan is still sticking around with his hit Kacey Musgraves collaboration.
3. Mitski — “My Love Mine All Mine”
TikTok has become a regular hitmaker these days and Mitski is the latest artist to get a boost from the video platform: It’s currently No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for a fourth week.
2. Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”
Following the song’s release last week, Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” is seeing some early success by claiming the silver medal on the newest Spotify chart (it’s the only song to debut in the top 10 this week). There’s more to come, too, as Harlow called the track the beginning of “a new era.”
1. Taylor Swift — “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”
This is the third week at No. 1 for the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) highlight (and it’s the only song with at least 10 million streams in the US this week). Swift previously noted of the track, “I always saw this song as sort of a sister to ‘Out Of The Woods’ and ‘I Wish You Would.’ I kind of saw those songs as similar, so unfortunately, when we were making these decisions on what to put on 1989 and what to leave behind, I had to make some tough choices.”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Concerts can be an amazing place to not only see your favorite artists but to physically feel the energy of the crowd. There’s something transcendent about collectively experiencing music with thousands of other people that you just can’t achieve on your own. One mother daughter duo were out for a night of that collective enjoyment at a Macklemore concert when something amazing happened.
The singer invited the daughter, Willow, on the stage and gave her 20 seconds so she could dance along to the music. But as soon as Willow started to dance with a high kick, she slipped and fell flat on her back in front of the packed concert. Anyone would’ve been embarrassed to have such a public misstep when given the opportunity to entertain a large crowd, but for a pre-teen girl, it likely felt even more mortifying.
But it was what Macklemore did after the girl’s tumble that brought concertgoers to tears, especially Willow and her mom.
The four time grammy winner stopped the concert after Willow’s embarrassing moment was over and reminded the crowd of an important life lesson all thanks to Willow. Judging by the little girl’s reaction it seems she also needed to hear the lesson she just inadvertently taught others just by getting up.
“But the thing I love the most about this dance off is Willow,” Macklemore says. “Because you showed us what we all do in life. I’ve slipped before, my love. I’ve slipped in front of the entire world before and you know what you did? You got back up and you kept dancing. So thank you for reminding us what it looks like when we slip and we get back up.”
By the time Macklemore was nearly done speaking the crowd started chanting Willow’s name. What an amazing real time life lesson for Willow and the entire crowd. This is sure to be something that she remembers as an incredible experience instead of an embarrassing event.
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