A Nebraska State Patrol officer and his daughter were captured dancing together in their home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A video of Lieutenant Tyler Kroenke and his six-year-old daughter Miela dancing at home got over 200,000 views on Facebook.
Miela’s dance competition season had been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So her dance studio had challenged its dancers to teach a parent their routine.
Miela wanted to teach her dad, who said it took about a week to learn and thought posting a video of it would give someone a reason to smile during such a tough time.
“I was sitting on the couch with the wife and I was like, how about you post that to Facebook and give somebody a laugh? I’ll take it at my expense,” said Lt. Kroenke. “I’m just tired of scrolling through Facebook and seeing story after story about COVID. It is important, but we need to see something else and make people happy. I’m glad to see it worked and I’m glad to see it keep getting shared.”
Lt. Kroenke said he thought colleagues at work would probably see the video, but supporting his daughters has always been his top priority, even if it means a few laughs around work.
The pair said that their first dance had taken a long time to learn, and they weren’t sure if they would be able to do an encore performance.
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