Augusta kids dance, rap their way to famous Apollo stage

<p>A pair of Augusta siblings have been dancing to entertain their parents for years. This weekend, they expand their audience a bit when they take the stage of New Yorks famed Apollo Theatre on a nationally syndicated talent show.</p><p>Isiah Manor, 11, and Ieshia Manor, 7, won an Augusta talent show to qualify for the trip, and their parents are hardly surprised.</p><p>Dad Robert Freeman Jr. says Isiah has been a little dance machine ever since he was 4.</p><p>We were at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta watching the singer, Ginuine, and (Isiah) just started dancing in the aisle, said Freeman, who owns an Augusta soul food restaurant. The recording artist was so impressed, he called the boy to the stage and let him dance. Hes 11 now, but hes really a veteran at this.</p><p>The daughter copied the dances of Isiah and soon they grew into a sibling act.</p><p>Were very proud of them, mother Felicia Freeman told The Augusta Chronicle.</p><p>The kids dance under the stage names Zater Man and Esha Boo, and they won the all-expenses-paid trip by winning a local talent contest in March.</p><p>While performing a dance step called the Harlem Shake, Isiah and his sister rhythmically speak lines from a song the family wrote called Dirty Bounce.</p><p>Were not nervous because weve played for many big crowds, said Isiah, who says he patterns his music style after Atlanta rapper Ludacris. His sister said her classmates respect her fame.</p><p>Ieshia likes the spotlight, too.</p><p>Id like to be an entertainer and a teacher when Im grown up, she said.</p><p>The Showtime at the Apollo episode airs Sunday in syndication.</p><p>Information from: The Augusta Chronicle</p>

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