A Memorable Week for Us in San Diego

Hello Dancers,  
   BLACKOUT on Sept 8th and 9/11 memorials on Sept 11th.  More details below.       


   It's a week to remember in San Diego.  The long County-wide power blackout that began at 3:38pm Thursday caused cancellation of Thursday night dancing and untold millions of dollars of damage.  Tomorrow (Sunday Sept 11th) will mark 10 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, 2001.   Churches, other organizations, and all of us will be remembering, memorializing and honoring those who were killed in the attacks ten years ago, and those killed & wounded in the ensuing 10-year war on terror. 


TUESDAY NIGHT LINE DANCING - VIP visitors who made the journey from Temecula on August 30th, Maria and Froilan, joined about ten of us line dancers.  We had more practice on "Acabo de Llegar", the salsa line dance that Rei introduced in a previous week. Others included "Locomotion", "Come Dance With Me", and - with both Peter & I there - we also got "Coco Jamboo".  I have no photos from Sept 6th, but with the all-time record heat that day, whoever danced was WARM!                      
    FOR UPCOMING TUESDAYS (Sept 13th and 20th) you can join the fun in Point Point's Ocean Java Room, 916 E. 8th Street, National City, 6:30-9:00, when Nina will lead us through fun line dances. 
   


WEDNESDAY FILIPINO NIGHTS at Lucky Star Restaurant.  With attendance hovering around ten, we were happy to welcome nurses Lady, Romilde and Jamie.  We all had fun practicing swing, cha cha and salsa.  The air conditioning kept us cool, and DJ Eric was hot.  Besides his favorite, a country swing (boogie) called "Chattahoochee", he's begun playing "On The Floor" and "Ooh La La".  A couple weeks ago the guys outnumbered the ladies, but Sept 7th saw more ladies than guys.  DJ Eric was busy dancing (see photo albums).                                          
   "Filipino Night" once again will be this coming Wednesday September 14th at the LUCKY STAR RESTAURANT, 54th Street & University Avenue, San Diego. 6:30-9:30PM.  $6 plus one drink minimum.  DJ Eric will be on stage playing a variety of dance music.  


THURSDAY NIGHT DANCING AT POINT POINT was blacked out Thursday (Sept 8th), but it was a lively night of dancing Sept 1st.  "Yo Te Amo", the night club 2-step favorite for years, packed the floor about 8:30.  DJ Leo kept the 45 or so folks dancing with swing, meringue, line dances and more.  "Twist & Shout", "Footloose" and "Suavemente" were some of the favorites. Line dances were big too, especially "Mama Maria".                     
  This coming Thursday September 15th, Leo & Penny invite us all to dance again on the main floor at Point Point, 916 E. 8th Street, National City.   Party dancing:  6:30-10 PM.     


FRIDAY NIGHT DANCING:  There are at least four every-Friday night dance parties, including 32nd St Dance Group, Dancesation at Infinity, RMX and Red Hot Line Dancers.  FOR MORE INFO ON THOSE AND MORE DANCE CHOICES, see Weekly Dance Events website.


Ernie Tactay mentioned that he expects to begin DJ'ing every Wednesday starting in late September, I think in Chula Vista's Spin City.


PHOTOS (if these 2 photos do not pop up, click "Show Images" near top of this email):  
  First of all, at Point Point on Sept 1st we see Dione and Nita gracefully dancing a bachata.              

  Then, at Lucky Star on Sept 7th we see the ladies having fun with the "Casper Slide", with Vivian and Lady in front, and Jovith, Rose and Romilde in the second line.                  

   
  I put those two photos plus 19 other photos from the past 2 weeks in the ForeverYoungSD Yahoo Group Photos section into the '2011 September' folder.  For those of you who prefer the features of Google's Picasa Web Albums, and you who are non-Yahoo members, the August photos are also posted at


http://picasaweb.google.com/bertdonaldson/2011September#


 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. 


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


Click here for WEEKLY & UPCOMING DANCE EVENTS INFORMATION. 


Any information corrections or additions are appreciated.  To e-mail to only me, type in bertdonaldson_1@yahoo.com on "To" line.


Best Wishes to You,
Bert and Edith,
619-224-3095