and everything it took to make it an official federal holiday. the person you hear talking, you may see her dancing later. i got the video. nischelle turner is here, cnn contributor and host of entertainment tonight. also sara joins us from the hollywood bowl as well. sara, i m going to get to nischelle. she was dancing the whole time on the show. i can t even watch. were you dancing in the crowd? how could you not move your body even if you didn t have rhythm? i don t think anyone in the crowd didn t have rhythm, but your body just moves. you couldn t not do it. it was powerful. it was powerful. the poem from jill scott hit me like a lightning bolt. it was incredible. there was a beautiful saying, you are somebody s ancestor, act accordingly from another poet. some of the things i m going to leave with, and i think the audience is going to leave with, we re going to stay with them, but the music, first of all, let me tell you who brought down the house, because as we men
are y all going to let me talk to anybody, or am i just yapping out here? the answer is no i want you to see how music brings everyone together. this took me back to my childhood. y all weren t even born yet, but this is earth, wind & fire, let s groove. look at them. i was like, look at the old folks get down. you talk about how music, like, moves you, and as a people, just to take it home for a second. as a people, music during the slave days is something that kind of kept the slaves spirits up. the call and response, the calling out to one, hearing a response from somebody else that s picking cotton or doing other slave type menial work.
accordingly from another poet. some of the things i m going to leave with, and i think the audience is going to leave with, we re going to stay with them, but the music, first of all, let me tell you who brought down the house, because as we mentioned, nischelle, bell viv davoe looked like they did when we were younger. i ll just say younger. i ve transformed back to my 20s and early teens. i was so into it. everybody was up, everybody was dancing. neo burned it down, it was amazing. and earth, wind & fire hasn t lost it at all. not a smidge, nothing. they were fantastic. we have bell div davoe live, we ll talk to them later. we also have neo. this is bell div davoe right here. look at that. anyone who know me see, knows
i m an in it for lifer, and if you know me, you know there is no way i couldn t be out here on this set dancing to poison. come on! isn t that how we re supposed to feel when we re watching this concert? it was great. it was great to experience. you re right, you are somebody s ancestor. act accordingly. let me get myself together. i am on cnn right now. and neo, we re talking about, sara, and you can join us in this conversation as well, we were talking about how talented everyone is. neo, that was my jam. talk about somebody getting up and dancing. i wish i had my button on the trigger finger because this one was dancing during neo, dancing during earth, wind & fire for sure. singing. you weren t singing. i don t know what you were doing.