Viewfinder: Music provides outlet for siblings

Published 12:10 am Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Aiyden Lewis, 4, and her brother Kamden Lewis, 8, dance to music between innings of a softball game being played between Trinity Episcopal School and Franklin Academy Thursday. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Aiyden Lewis, 4, and her brother Kamden Lewis, 8, dance to music between innings of a softball game being played between Trinity Episcopal School and Franklin Academy Thursday. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

VIDALIA Kamden and Aidyen Lewis waited with great anticipation at a softball game in Vidalia Thursday for the end of each inning.

The brother and sister weren’t on the field hoping for a water break — they just wanted to dance.

The tradition has become a typical one for Kamden, 8, and Aiyden, 4, each time they visit the ball fields at Concordia Parish Recreation District No. 3.

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As the pair attended a contest between Trinity Episcopal Day School and Franklin Academy, they ran around the complex and fetched foul balls with their mother, Billeigh Lewis, cheered for the Saints.

All the while, they waited for each inning to end.

When the action of the diamond paused between innings, music blared and the pair danced.

“Dancing is my favorite hobby,” Kamden said.

Aiyden mirrored the sentiment.

“I like to move my arms and twist myself around,” she said.

They both gyrated their bodies with the kind of happiness only the carefree joints of children can produce.

They didn’t have an audience or any ulterior motives.

The genre of music did not matter. Pop or county, slow or fast — music was music.

They danced because they felt like it.

“I hear the sound, and I just want to start moving,” Kamden said.

For Billeigh, watching her children dance was a nice diversion from seeing Trinity struggle in the field. They went on to lose the game 7-0.

“I don’t know where they get all the energy, but they are fun to watch,” she said.

Kamden used dancing as exercise, because he has big plans for the future.

“I run around, climb things, and dance because I want to be a world champion wrestler someday,” he said.

“I am training while I am still a kid.”