--- title: Little Girl Dancing in Church Choir Video Goes Viral description: A video of a little girl breaking it down for all to see during a performance by her church choir is going viral for its uplifting spirit. canonical: https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-04T17:00:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:41.863Z og:title: This Little Dancing Choir Girl Went Viral for the Best Reason og:description: Many have found the 6-year-old's dance moves inspiring og:url: https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19391fc9a17420e0/6988e5cd4ee262752c30fc75/choir-girl.jpg?branch=production&width=506&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 506 og:image:height: 285 og:image:alt: Choir-Girl-Dancing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Little Dancing Choir Girl Went Viral for the Best Reason twitter:description: Many have found the 6-year-old's dance moves inspiring twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19391fc9a17420e0/6988e5cd4ee262752c30fc75/choir-girl.jpg?branch=production&width=506&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Little Girl Dancing in Church Choir Went Viral for the Best Reason > Sponsored content. 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Many have found the 6-year-old's dance moves inspiring_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 4, 2017 5:00 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 4, 2017 5:00 PM UTC A video of a [little girl dancing](http://time.com/4311548/little-girl-dancing-lemonade-beyonce/) in her [church choir](http://time.com/4619836/donald-trump-inauguration-mormon-tabernacle-choir/) is going [viral](http://time.com/5019839/carrie-fisher-nice-celebrities-story/) for its uplifting spirit. After Jennifer Patterson shared a [recording](https://www.facebook.com/JenniferFrenchPatterson/videos/vb.506863766/10155815477118767) on Facebook of her 6-year-old daughter, Loren Patterson, breaking it down in front of all her fellow churchgoers at a recent Sunday service at First Baptist Church in Dickson, Tennessee, the clip quickly began to make the Internet rounds. “Loren singing in choir this morning,” Patterson captioned the heartwarming post. “In case you can’t find her she’s the one in pink and brown.” The video shows Loren truly letting loose as the choir performs a rendition of Zach Williams’ “Old Church Choir” and has been watched more than 50 million times since Oct. 29\. “LOVE IT!!! I’m laughing and crying,” [wrote](https://www.facebook.com/JenniferFrenchPatterson/posts/10155815477163767?comment%5Fid=10155817084568767&comment%5Ftracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D) one delighted viewer. “I been singing that song all week. Loren is doin what she feels… we \[could\] all benefit from a dose of that!!!” In an interview with [TODAY](https://www.today.com/parents/why-video-6-year-old-rocking-out-her-church-choir-t118418), Jennifer explained that she has received numerous messages from those who found Loren’s carefree dance moves inspiring. “I’ve had a lot of stories,” she said. “Different people dealing with cancer or hard times, people losing their parents recently.” Watch the full video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/"},"headline":"This Little Girl Dancing in Church Choir Went Viral for the Best Reason","datePublished":"2017-12-04T17:00:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:41.863Z","description":"Many have found the 6-year-old's dance moves inspiring","url":"https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","dance","Viral Videos","Human interest"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19391fc9a17420e0/6988e5cd4ee262752c30fc75/choir-girl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19391fc9a17420e0/6988e5cd4ee262752c30fc75/choir-girl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Choir-Girl-Dancing","caption":"Sheet music in heart shape","creditText":"Paha_L/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/","name":"This Little Girl Dancing in Church Choir Went Viral for the Best Reason"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Many have found the 6-year-old's dance moves inspiring","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5024117/girl-dancing-church-choir-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```