Chapter 185: Cultural Festival Preparation (2)
"So we’ve finally narrowed it down between La Bamba, Bailando, and Danza Kuduro? State your cases, por favor." Ari pretended to hold a microphone out as he stared around.
Carlos walked to the front of the practice room with a small smile, "Ahem, La Bamba, a Mexican classic. The pros are that even non-Mexicans know it. It’s fun, it has a guitar solo, the lyrics are repetitive, there’s no recency bias since it’s super old, and it will definitely get the crowd going."
"I like it, I like it a lot. The con is that there’s no English portion at all, and for those who want to rap, there’s nothing in there for them." Ari pointed out, glancing over at Levi, who was frowning and looked like he was about to say something.
"Ah, yeah, I didn’t think of that," Carlos admitted, "then we can just scrap it-"
"No, no, it’s a viable option. Just pointing it out." Ari quickly interrupted, glancing over to see that Levi’s brow had smoothed out, before looking over at Alfonso, "You’re up next."
"My offering is Danza Kudoro. It’s a fast-paced song, has a nice beat, and it’s in both Spanish and Portuguese. Has a dance already. The con-, the con is there are so many words and no English. It’s super long, ah just forget it." Alfonso slumped down as he recalled the length of the song and Jamie’s terrible accent.
It would take forever just to learn the parts of the song, and tutoring would probably be a hopeless cause, especially since he was the only one who spoke Portuguese in their group.
"Are you sure? We’ll have a blind vote regardless."
"It’s okay. Maybe another time." Alfonso murmured, so Ari struck the song off their list.
"Okay, then, finally, double Jay?
"Ahem, ahem," Jamie stood up tall before he started speaking, "I want Bailando. Pros - there’s an English and Spanish version that we can combine, we’re more vocally focused in this group, which is the song’s strong point, but it’s flexible enough that we can go the route of pair choreography like Diego mentioned, or go the route of playing instruments. The cons-"
Jamie glanced over at the glaring Levi before speaking in a softer tone, "It’s slower paced, so it’s a bit less exciting for the audience. There’s a rap portion, but it’s in Spanish. That is all."