We knew from last October that Microwave Dave and the Nukes knew how to throw down and move us on the dance floor, but it's easy to forget just how incredible a mastery of the music he has. He's like the pied piper of blues. He plays and everyone hits the floor!
We had a great turnout with a HUGE blues lesson. Tabitha and Huy put together a fantastic class for everyone and Microwave Dave moved it from the stage.
The Old City Buskers is a band of swing dancers and they truely proved it. It's probably the first time we've had a live band play our Tranky-Doo and definitely the first time we've had a live band play Communication by Slim and Slam. The skill of these guys is growing by leaps and bounds! They are quickly stepping up the ladder of HSDS bands.
And it wouldn't be a dance without dancers, and there were a TON of them! The dance floor stayed full the entire dance. EVERYONE found something they could enjoy dancing to =). In fact, our dances are starting to get so big we're actually looking at ways to expand the dancible area. Having so many dancers you have to make room for all of them: I must admit, it's a good problem to have!
What a great turn out for the Sadie Hawkins dance! We had a huge turn out and people filled the floor every song. Even the lesson was so big we had to break out the headsets! Tabitha and Michael did a great job teaching the lesson.
Rick Jobe and Tuxedo Junction followed up with a great concert thanks in no small part to the wonderful support from Lelani and Chip Gulbro. They even fought through an equipment failure on the very first song to still pump out songs that all the dancers enjoyed.
Man you guys are good! We figured we'd plan a nice, simple, quiet dance and you turned it into a thing. It didn't hurt that Marshal killed it laying down an awesome set. Big thanks to him for coming down, making the music happen, and not holding the service at the Steak and Shake against us.
But really, thanks to YOU. Normally we expect DJ dances to be a bit slower. This one wasn't! We had close to a hundred people there. We also had multiple other scenes represent including Nashville, Knoxville, Cookeville, Birmingham and that one guy from Austin who always comes. Overall, we couldn't have asked for a better dance.
And remember, our next dance is coming up FAST! (Feb 4th) It's a Sadie Hawkins Dance so it's the girl's job to ask the guys out onto the floor!
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And there's more that's happened in January other than the dance. For starters, we now have new bylaws. Big thanks to Amber, Briana, and the rest of the HSDS board for making them happen.
Thanks everybody for a wildly successful weekend! We had a great turn out for the workshop and all of the dances!
Thank you to everyone that came out to the carousel at Bridge Street to dance Friday night! The weather looked pretty worrisome, however it broke at the last minute and we had a cool, clear night to dance. There were a ton of people that came out and danced under the lights. Thanks to Paul and Huy for DJ'ing!
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Man, bootleg blues was good. Amendment 21 was packed almost the entire time from open to close. The music was great and the dancing was excellent. Hopefully this is only the first of many special dances!
Wow! I don't think there's any other word but wow to describe Grass Roots Rhythm. Michael and Jaya lived up to their reputation as national level instructors. What they taught was completely unique from anything else that's been taught in Huntsville. The "Combos, Dynamics, and The Big Picture" a "Spotlight on the Student" classes were unbelievable.
Thank you to everyone who came out to the HSDS dance last night with Moondust. It was definitely the biggest turn out we've had in years, well over 100 people! I think everyone had an incredible time. Thank you to Moondust for their wonderful big band sound and thank you to Huy for his excellent intermission DJ'ing. (And of course to the flying monkey who always provides a wonderful venue for us!) Thanks to Reuel for coming down, teaching the workshop, and then staying for the dances.
We knew from last October that Microwave Dave and the Nukes knew how to throw down and move us on the dance floor, but it's easy to forget just how incredible a mastery of the music he has. He's like the pied piper of blues. He plays and everyone hits the floor!
The Old City Buskers is a band of swing dancers and they truely proved it. It's probably the first time we've had a live band play our Tranky-Doo and definitely the first time we've had a live band play Communication by Slim and Slam. The skill of these guys is growing by leaps and bounds! They are quickly stepping up the ladder of HSDS bands.
What a great turn out for the Sadie Hawkins dance! We had a huge turn out and people filled the floor every song. Even the lesson was so big we had to break out the headsets! Tabitha and Michael did a great job teaching the lesson.
Rick Jobe and Tuxedo Junction followed up with a great concert thanks in no small part to the wonderful support from Lelani and Chip Gulbro. They even fought through an equipment failure on the very first song to still pump out songs that all the dancers enjoyed.
Man you guys are good! We figured we'd plan a nice, simple, quiet dance and you turned it into a thing. It didn't hurt that Marshal killed it laying down an awesome set. Big thanks to him for coming down, making the music happen, and not holding the service at the Steak and Shake against us.
Thank you to everyone that came out to the carousel at Bridge Street to dance Friday night! The weather looked pretty worrisome, however it broke at the last minute and we had a cool, clear night to dance. There were a ton of people that came out and danced under the lights. Thanks to Paul and Huy for DJ'ing!
Man, bootleg blues was good. Amendment 21 was packed almost the entire time from open to close. The music was great and the dancing was excellent. Hopefully this is only the first of many special dances!
