Famous By Association

The phone rang earlier today. It was Alexis. "Hey, Kris, do you watch So You Think You Can Dance?" "Yeah, why?" "Well d'you know Melinda?" "Oh yeah, she's one of Billy's students. The tapper. We're rooting for her!" "Huh. Well do you remember her doing A CHORUS LINE WITH US??"

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"What?"

"I'm pretty sure she was in Chorus Line with us. But she was just really little back then." "Like how little? Wait... was she the little brunette 15-year old?" "Yeah! I think so!" "OMG. THAT SAME MELINDA IS SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE MELINDA??"

Fast forward to some hasty googling, and lo and behold! Here she is, in all her 2001 glory:

YOUNG ARTISTS ENSEMBLE'S A CHORUS LINE - 2001

Crazy. If she wins, she'll get to go on Entertainment Tonight and the ilk, and they'll have one of those 'Behind the Music Dance Star' segments, and this picture will crop up, and I'll point at the screen while simultaneously yelling 'I knew her! I *danced with* her! THERE'S A PICTURE TO PROVE IT!!!'

Then I will sell a story to the Enquirer about how sweet little Melinda is really dating Colin Farrell on the sly, and since I can be billed as an old friend (aka 'reliable source') everyone will believe it. It will all go according to plan until and unless you were to ever actually meet her. Then you would know she's way too sweet/good for him and that I lied through my new veneers that the Enquirer bought me. Oh well.

Good on her. Little Melinda was always a good dancer and now she's done well for herself. This is, by the way, further proof that if you grow up in Conejo theatre, you will eventually make a name for yourself in reality competition TV -- a genre blazed by our very own Kamahni Huck, Delaney Gibson, Adam Lambert & Katharine McPhee.

So who's up to audition for Big Brother with me...? Again.

PS
Now having watched the full episode, I will still vote for Melinda... But AMY AMY AMY (with Kent and Courtney) was the best number of the night. Loved it.