{"id":142496,"date":"2026-07-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/?p=142496"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:25:50","slug":"confessions-of-a-gigis-dj-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/uncategorized\/confessions-of-a-gigis-dj-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a GiGi\u2019s DJ, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sequels are often a letdown, but there are some exceptions.

Fans of The Godfather and Tobey Maguire\u2019s Spider-Man waited two years for their critically acclaimed sequels, and Toy Story fans waited four years for theirs. Fortunately, the wait for part two of our June 20 blog was only one week. We wish you could have been present to witness this true story, because it was beautiful. Here\u2019s the play-by-play:

After round one of Tuesday\u2019s edition of Music Makers, there were only 15 minutes left in the program. Instead of allowing a few of 18 participants to sing another song, I decided to choose one song and invite everyone to join me on stage to sing. But what song to choose?

I looked around the room and noticed that Eric was wearing a Michael Jackson outfit (as seen in this photo) and decided to pick MJ’s \u201cMan in the Mirror\u201d. It was the right choice. By the end of the song, everyone was on their feet, dancing and singing the chorus in unison:

I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways\u2026
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change!

As the song ended, I reminded everyone that WE ALL are that \u201cMan in the Mirror\u201d. WE have the responsibility to make a change in the world. And GiGi\u2019s Playhouse is a big part of that.

If you agree, you can take the first step by taking the #GenerationG pledge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Sequels are often a letdown, but there are some exceptions. Fans of The Godfather and Tobey Maguire\u2019s Spider-Man waited two years for their critically acclaimed sequels, and Toy Story fans waited four years for theirs. Fortunately, the wait for part two of our June 20 blog was only one week. We wish you could have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23446,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}