Latin music was well-liked by dancers at Lucky Star Restaurant's weekly 'Filipino Night' this past Wednesday October 20th. At 8:10pm DJ Eric, the one-man band, who was playing good dance songs all night, played 'Quien Sera' cha cha, which is the same tune as 'Sway', and 9 couples danced to it. They all stayed on the floor for the very next song, a rock & roller - 'Johnny B. Goode' sung karaoke-style by a friend of DJ Eric. There was plenty of room on the dance floor all night, with only about 20 FOREVER YOUNGSTERS and about 10 other party-goers in attendance. In spite of low turnout, dancers were happy - even waiter Danny was dancing (see photos in the album). Between 7 and 9:30 there were 30 ballroom dances and 10 line dances. Among the line dances, 'Riverdance Tango' got the most dancers - 16 dancers at 8:25. And near 9:30 'Achy Breaky Heart' got almost as many dancers, mostly due to DJ Eric's great rendition.
We're looking forward to this coming week's FOREVER YOUNG NIGHT. It will again be WEDNESDAY NIGHT (October 27th) in the LUCKY STAR RESTAURANT from 6 to 9:30pm.
LINE DANCE TUESDAYS (free!) - About 10 line dancers showed up on a rainy Tuesday October 19th for line dancing led by Nina at Point Point Joint. Surprise! Surprise! My partner in this email group, Art Tennessee, showed up and danced some of the line dances for the first time. He said he's got amazing new energy from Kangen Water, some of which he and Femie Cupit brought to the line dancers. What did we dance? "Cumbia Semana", "Volare", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Tennessee Waltz", and we practiced some more with the new one, "Shalala Lala".
You can join the fun this coming Tuesday (October 26th) 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:
First of all, it's the line dancers Oct. 19th at Point Point: Sitting: Luna, Racquel, Edith & Beth. Standing: Nedy, Divine, Mel, Zeny, Nina and Art.
Then, FOREVER YOUNGSTERS Zeny and Bert Alota dancing at Lucky Star on Oct 20th.
I put those plus 13 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 October 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:
Tuesday October 26th, 6:30-9pm, FREE line dancing at Point Point, 916 E. 8th St., Nat'l City
Wednesday October 27th, 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, 6-11PM
Dinner-Dance, Fil-Am Community of St. Rita's Church,
5125 Churchward Street, San Diego CA 92114
$20. DJ: Mar Delavin. Contact: Bert Alota
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.
Thursdays at Jade House Restaurant?? Vangie Mangune told me that she is going to try to upgrade the Jade House Restaurant on H Street in Chula Vista for dancing on Thursday nights.
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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