In five minutes, you can meet someone and make a judgement of their personality based on the exchange of pleasantries. In five weeks, you can feel comfortable enough to say you feel as though you know who that person is. In five years, you and that person are one of three things.
Firstly, you and this person may know each other inside out, you’re thick as thieves, where the other ends you begin and any other friendship cliché you can think of. Secondly, you may not know this person at all anymore, having decided that after those first five weeks you really can’t stand them. Or third, you may feel as though you and this person are the same being – one whole entity. Though here is where humankind shares its brilliant plot twist.
In amongst a mass of muscles, a tangle of tendons, a nest of neurons and lots of other alliterative medical smash-ups, there is a soul hidden deep within. The human soul is unique, a brilliantly vivid conglomerate of all the deep and dark secrets that formulate the person you feel you know so well. And it is in this soul that resides not only your worst concealed secrets but also your greatest hidden talents.
Jayme McElhone, an 18-year-old youth with so much to offer, has held this third relationship with his friends for many years. Despite holding many close friendships and even a relationship for two years, Jayme has a hidden talent that lies at the heart of his soul. Neither first impressions nor a close bond would expose the talent unless he decides to tell you. However, Jayme reveals he doesn’t hide it from people.
“When people meet me, it’s just the last thing they expect”
Having represented the Illawarra in Rugby League, and Oztag at a local, state, national and even international level, McElhone has just begun to understand his strengths in speed and agility. These strengths help him to not only further his career in football, but also allow him to excel on the dance floor – and not just during a night out.
Jayme is also a tap dancer and having performed overseas in the Disneyland Parade and in Hollywood, it’s safe to say he is a master of his hidden art.
“You can’t really show it off, it’s not like I can tap down the street, you know? I just do what I love to do”.
Watch his story.
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