“Its peanut butter jelly time, its peanut better jelly time,” came blasting through the speakers during my 4th grade dance. If you are from Miami you know that this is one of the dances of our generation. If your not…you maybe know the song from different commercials or that one episode of Family Guy when Bryan had on the banana suit. LOL! This dance and others was the best part of elementary school dances, birthday parties and family events. The Ice Cream and Cake, Do-Do Brown and the Cry Baby are just some of the dances created in the inner city of Miami. You eventually seen the dances being done in the pop warner games growing up. As the times and the dances changed, the kids in the middle of the dance circle grew up to play sports and never to forget their roots.
As a child, I used to day dream about playing in the NFL (when that was a thought), I envisioned myself scoring a touchdown and doing the Drop for about 15 yards. Thinking how cool that would be to put my Hometown on the map. Even though thats not my reality right now, I still seen my vision come to life. During the 2014-15 NFL season we have seen the evolution of the celebration. The Smurda Dance is the newest one that has emerged onto the NFL stage. Since entering the league, Pittsburgh Steelers own Antonio Brown has done exactly what I day dreamed about. Around that time a popular dance called the Beanie Biggle Wiggle was created by a security guard at Norland High School named DJ PA Teezy. This was the school Brown career began and ended. Since the first time he touch the end zone Brown did this dance for his celebration. More Miami dances have gotten exposure this year by William Gay, a cornerback for the Steelers. The Bobble Walk the hottest dance in Miami is getting all type of national love. He even gained the attention of Super Bowl champion Terrell Davis, who did the dance on NFL Network. Miami players shedding light to their hometown of Miami.
It feels good to know that I probably wasn’t the only one who had those visions. To see them come true is the biggest pleasure of it all. Every time I see one of the dances it reminds me of when life was so innocent. Nothing mattered but playing football and having a good time with your peers. Thats what motivated me to do this tribute to Miami. Ricky Jean Francios aka Freak, former LSU Tiger and Carol City Chief, won Dancing with the Starters this morning with his celebration after a sack. Guess what dance it was? “Its peanut butter jelly time, its peanut better jelly time."
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