Disco Hustle Tops FOREVER YOUNG NIGHT Oct 13th

Hello Dancers,  
  Lucky Star Restaurant's weekly 'Filipino Night' was moved into the smaller ballroom again this past Wednesday October 13th.  But, that was good for about 30 FOREVER YOUNGSTERS and about 15 other party-goers in the ballroom who enjoyed seeing each other better.  Several folks were welcomed back - Marylou was back from a month in Australia with stories and more.  Leo & Penny were back.  And, Maria, a one-time singer at the Jestoni Manila Tokyo Restaurant, enjoyed the night with her family.  DJ Eric, the One-Man Band, played lots of great dance songs, including a new all-time high number of line dances (!!) - 17 by my count (6 were in the last 30 minutes), along with about 24 other ballroom dances between 7pm-9:30pm.  
   Dancers were more energetic than the previous week, with 30 dancers dancing to Gloria Estefan's disco hustle hit, "Heaven's What I Feel" at 8:15pm.  The cha cha "Boca Con Boca" did almost as well a few minutes later.  As for all the line dances, "Simplemente" got 25 dancers, most of them dancing the line dance.    
   We're looking forward to this coming week's FOREVER YOUNG NIGHT. It will again be WEDNESDAY NIGHT (October 20th) in the LUCKY STAR RESTAURANT from 6 to 9:30pm.      


   LINE DANCE TUESDAYS (free!) - About 18 line dancers showed up on Tuesday October 12th for line dancing led by Nina at Point Point Joint, some for the first time, including Luna.  Besides having fun dancing "Tennessee Waltz", "September", "Asi Asi", "Simplemente" and more, we enjoyed some extra curricular activities.  An election campaigner came by and handed out Meg For Governor shopping bags.  Nancy visited the dancers, promoting Body By Vi products.  And, Dan Sullivan and Del stopped by, alerting us that Wes Unger, the main dance instructor & DJ for the 32nd Street Dance Group, just started using an empty store by Point Point to give private dance lessons Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  So, Edith & I walked there, to the former Chestbox Unlimited store at Suite 211, to see Wes using it for a lesson (see photo in album).         
   You can join the fun this coming Tuesday (October 19th) at Point Point Joint, 916 E. 8th Street, National City, 6:30-9:00, when Nina will again lead us through fun line dances.


PHOTOS:  
I attach two photos "virtually".  First of all, it's line dancers dancing … what?  I think it's "Asi Asi" - Tuesday Oct 12th at Point Point Joint.      

Then, FOREVER YOUNGSTERS welcome Marylou back from Australia with dinner and dancing during FOREVER YOUNG NIGHT at Lucky Star on Oct 13th.   

    I put those plus 16 other photos from the past week in the Forever Young Group Photos section into the '2010 October' folder.  For those of you who prefer the features of Google's Picasa Web Albums, and you who are non-Yahoo members, the September photos are also posted at


http://picasaweb.google.com/bertdonaldson/2010October#


 You can download photos from both locations.  Using another Picasa feature, you can order prints on-line out of a Picasa album from several print providers including Walgreens without the need to download & upload photo files to & from your computer. To see the photo file names in Picasa Web, left click on the 1st photo, then left click on 'more info' under 'Photo Information' .


   FYI, this Yahoo Email Group's Home Page is at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foreveryoungsd


UPCOMING DANCES:


Saturday, October 16, 2010, 6-9pm
Dance For Your Health.  Light refreshments will be provided.
At Loma Verde Rec Center, 1420 Loma Lane, Chula Vista
FREE.  DJ Jerson Andrade
RSVP required - call AARP Reservation Line 1-877-926-8300


Tuesday October 19th, 6:30-9pm, FREE line dancing at Point Point, 916 E. 8th St., Nat'l City


Wednesday October 20th, 6:00-9:30pm, FOREVER YOUNG NIGHT (as part of Filipino Night) at Lucky Star, 3893 54th St., San Diego.  $6 cover charge and 1 drink minimum.


Saturday, November 6, 2010, 5-10PM
Dinner, Live Entertainment & Dancing, Santa Sophia Knights of Columbus
Sta Sophia Church - Prendergast Hall, 9800 San Juan St., Spring Valley
DJ: Ray Paulino.  Contact:  Leo Gatus 619-670-5709 


Saturday, November 13, 2010, 6:30-11:30PM,
Iloilo Association of San Diego County Inc. Jam Session
Loma Verde Recreation Center
1420 Loma Lane, Chula Vista
$20 donation. DJ: Mar Delavin.


Saturday, November 20, 2010, 6-11PM
"Jam Session" Food & Dance for San Diego Classic Lions Club.
at Loma Verde Rec Center, 1420 Loma Mane, Chula Vista.
$15.  DJ
For tickets:  Remy at 619-288-4507 or 619-474-8858


OTHER DANCING EVENTS:
  (I do not regularly go to these, so I wouldn't know if the event is cancelled on any particular day.)   
     Sundays, Filipino-American Senior-Junior Golden Years Association, dancing and food, at K-P Hall, 200 E. Plaza Blvd., National City.  $7.  Dancing more-or-less from noon till 3pm, featuring Harana Band and recorded dance music during breaks.   
   Wednesday karaoke and some dancing 9pm-1am at  Jasmine Restaurant on Convoy Street, hosted by Kristina, the Filipina karaoke queen.
   Fridays mid-day, roughly 10am-2pm, Fil-Am Veterans Assn and Senior Center, 2926 Market St., food, dancing and karaoke for around $6.
   Friday night dancing:  These 3 begin variously between 7 or 8pm and go till about 11pm:  (1) the 32nd Street Dance Group on the Naval Station.  (2) the Poway Group ("The Dance Place") dances mostly ballroom at the Growing Place Montessori School, 13242 Pomerado Road, Poway.  $8.  Contact (858) 748-5790.    (3) the RMX Group dances mostly ballroom in Studio FX, 9499 Kearny Villa Road near Mira Mar Road;  $8; contact is Esta at 858-386-2789.  And, there's a 4th one: (4) Red Hot Line Dancers.  They dance line dances for FREE every Friday in the senior center at 8460 Mira Mesa Blvd., from 7-9pm.  Contact is Rose Mata at 858-204-7454.
   Monday-Friday, roughly 9am-noon, Tooma Park Seniors, dance, eat, etc., under a cabana at Bay Terraces Park, 7449 Tooma Street, San Diego.  


Till we dance again, Bert


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