Tainui's got talent.

Ayuri was involved in a talent show at her school at the end of the year. She was going to go in a group but she said that they were having 'dramas' so she decided to go solo. Each week she would come home and tell me how things went and the songs that she sang. I was surprised by a couple of the songs she attempted as I knew they were fairly hard. one week she did Thinking about you by Frank Ocean. its a really nice song. youtube it if you haven't heard of it and I bet you will like it.
So each week she would tell me "Dad I got in the top 8", and "dad I'm in the top 4". so when she got to that stage, I thought that she might have a chance of winning.
I guess that I never thought that she was going to have a chance to win. I mean I know that she has always loved singing and I think that she has a nice voice, but I'm her dad so of course I am going to be bias. She sings all the time at home, and is always learning new songs so she would sing a new song each week when she was performing.
When she got in the top 4 she told me when the final was but I couldn't make it. I was mad keen to hear how she went, so when I found out that she came first equal I was really happy for her. So she got the chance to sing at the final assembly in front of all of the parents and students. This is the video here. its not the best quality as I had to zoom right up, but you can hear Ayuri which is all that matters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUt0eMhlOV4&feature=youtu.be

I didn't really like the song choice, but Ayu told me that they couldn't pick their own song to sing and that this was better then the other choice that they were give. I am happy that she had the confidence to get up and have a go... it must have taken courage to do that in front of her peers. Love you Bub!!

After the show