Hello Dancers, No Thursday night dancing at Point Point Oct 20, BUT BIG HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY Thurs night Oct 27 at Point Point.
Dancers decided to give themselves a week off this coming Thursday October 20th at Point Point after nine straight months of Thursday night dancing at Point Point! They'll use the time off to get their costumes ready for the BIG HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY on the following Thursday October 27th at Point Point, 916 East 8th Street, National City, beginning at 6:30pm. Leo and Penny invite you all to show up Thursday October 27th and have a dancing good time with ballroom dances (swing, cha cha, merengue, night club 2-step, salsa, tango and more) plus LINE DANCING.
Line dancers were in abundance this past Thursday (October 13th) and guys were in short supply, so to the joy of line dancers over half the songs were line dances. Here we see two views of folks dancing a line dance. First of all with Belen and Ledy in front.
This second view has Connie and Nita in front.
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Hello Dancers, Wednesday night dancing (Fil-Am style) Grand Opening at Spin City, Chula Vista, had surprise goodies. More details below.
TUESDAY NIGHT LINE DANCING with continues, now celebrating its 2nd Anniversary with Nina! Back in October 2009, Nina started Tuesday night line dancing in the former Jestoni Club, with line dance favorites at the time being "I Know You Want Me", "Sway", and "Rumba Samba Mambo". Well, during the past two weeks here in 2011 in Point Point, most of the emphasis has been on "Rivers Of Babylon", "Mega Mambo" and "Stuck On You" line dances (links are to YouTube videos). Sept 27th and Oct 4th line dance parties both had about 15 line dancers, welcoming Celia for her first night on Oct 4th. FOR UPCOMING TUESDAYS (Oct 11th and 18th) 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 NIGHT DANCING at Spin City Lounge began in rollicking fashion on Sept 28th with 20 dancers, the same night as DJ Eric concluded his year & a half engagement as the DJ for Lucky Star's Filipino Night. At Spin City we've been pleasantly surprised for two weeks now, first of all by the great music courtesy of DJ Ernie and his "igt Music Factory". Secondly, we've enjoyed lots of munchies (heavy hors d'oeuvres), so much chicken, vegetables and chips & salsa that it's been all-you-can-eat. And, last but not least, the great dance instructor Paul Garcia has taught us fabulous ballroom dance steps. DJ Ernie has played dance favorites like, "Suavemente" (merengue), "Tennessee Waltz" (line dance), and "Funkytown" (swing). All are invited to "Ballroom & Disco Dancing" (and line dancing) with DJ Ernie at Spin City 618 E Street, Suite H, Chula Vista, Wednesday nights like this Wednesday Oct 12th. Admission is $5 for Paul Garcia's dance lesson from 7-8pm, and $5 for "Ballroom & Disco Dancing" from 8-11pm.
THURSDAY NIGHT DANCING AT POINT POINT is still where it's happening, in the weekly Fil-Am dance night scene in San Diego. DJ Leo plays the dance favorites like "Sinta", the romantic Filipino night club 2-step, "Esta Noche" rumba, the Waltz Line Dance, "Footloose" boogie, and an incredible one I heard for the first time, "Samba Margarita". Crowds of over 30 have been enjoying the dancing and great Point Point food. Leo & Penny invite us all to come on down Thursdays October 13th and 20th, 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 about five every-Friday night dance parties, including 32nd St Dance Group, Dancesation at Infinity, RMX, Red Hot Line Dancers, and the Dance Fusion Social Club. FOR MORE INFO ON THOSE AND MORE DANCE CHOICES, see Weekly Dance Events website.
PHOTOS (if these 2 photos do not pop up, click "Show Images" near top of this email): First of all, we see line dancers like Mona, Irma and Trini dancing at the "Ballroom and Disco Dancing" Grand Opening at Spin City, Chula Vista, on Wednesday September 28th.
Then, at Point Point the following week October 6th we see Rima and Mel dancing a tango.
I put those two photos plus 13 other photos from the past 2 weeks in the ForeverYoungSD Yahoo Group Photos section into the '2011 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
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.
Hello Dancers, DJ Eric ended his Wednesday night engagement at Lucky Star 3 days ago, but on the same night DJ Ernie started his at Spin City. More details below.
DJ Eric wrapped up a year and a half of DJ'ing at Lucky Star this past Wednesday.
Here we see Edith D and DJ Eric enjoying a last dance. It was a year & a half of a lot of great music, ballroom and line dances. At this time, Lucky Star has no immediate plans to fill Wednesday nights, from what I heard. Lucky Star is located at 54th Street and University Avenue, and their big Thursday night and weekend entertainment schedule continues.
Coincidentally, also on Wednesday night (Sept 28th), DJ Ernie Tactay as the "iqt Music Factory" had his Grand Opening at Spin City in Chula Vista.
Here we see some of the 20 dancers in attendance, in particular Trini and Edith R in front of "Cumbia Semana" line dancers, at the Grand Opening at Spin City on Sept 28th. Dancers enjoyed lots of munchies (hors d'oeuvres). VIPs in attendance included Susan de los Santos, publisher of the Filipino Press. This Wednesday (Oct 5th), DJ Ernie will again host Ballroom and Line Dancing Spin City, 618 E Street, Suite H, Chula Vista. Admission is $5 for Paul Garcia's dance lesson from 7-8pm, and $5 for "Ballroom & Disco Dancing" from 8-11pm.
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Hello Dancers, Wednesday night dancing Fil-Am style will grow this week with the "Grand Opening" of "Ballroom & Disco Dancing" at Spin City, Chula Vista. More details below.
TUESDAY NIGHT LINE DANCING - About 15 line dancers at Point Point rollicked through over 20 line dances in 2 hours on Tuesday Sept 13th, including "It's My Soul", "If You Wanna Be Happy", "Tennessee Waltz", "Mamma Maria", "Simplemente" and many more. Sept 20th was a different story with emphasis being on learning "Mega Mambo", "Stuck On You" and "I'm Alive". FOR UPCOMING TUESDAYS (Sept 27th and Oct 4th) 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. Attendance jumped to 20 on Sept 14th, but was under 10 on Sept 21st. Nevertheless, DJ Eric did a great job playing swing, boogie, cha cha, salsa, merengue, etc., and line dances. Favorites included "First, Last, Everything", "One Way Ticket", "Princesita" (merengue), and "Ave Maria Lola" (salsa). "Filipino Night" once again will be this coming Wednesday September 28th on the luxurious dance floor 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.
Grand Opening at Spin City. Ernie Tactay as the "iqt Music Factory" is planning to begin DJ'ing every Wednesday night starting this week (September 28th). "iqt" must be the initials of his wife Irma. Spin City, formerly Blue Haven, is a night club at 618 E Street, Suite H, Chula Vista. Admission is $5 for Paul Garcia's dance lesson from 7-8pm, and $5 for "Ballroom & Disco Dancing" from 8-11pm.
THURSDAY NIGHT DANCING AT POINT POINT. "Sinta", the romantic Filipino night club 2-step, continues to pack the main floor of Point Point with dancers, with about 30 of the 40 people in attendance dancing Sept 15th and 22nd. DJ Leo plays a great mix of swing, cha cha, merengue, bachata, slow dances, etc., and line dances. On Sept 14th, line dancers introduced "Mega Mambo" (a bouncy Italian recording by the Athos E Mancini Orchestra) popularized by YouTube line dance videos since 2007), "Stuck On You" (by the group 3T) and "I'm Alive". This coming Thursday September 29th, 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 about five every-Friday night dance parties, including 32nd St Dance Group, Dancesation at Infinity, RMX, Red Hot Line Dancers, and the Dance Fusion Social Club. FOR MORE INFO ON THOSE AND MORE DANCE CHOICES, see Weekly Dance Events website.
PHOTOS (if these 2 photos do not pop up, click "Show Images" near top of this email): First of all, we see Ping demonstrating the night club 2-step to Edith's granddaughter, Tiffany, at Lucky Star on Sept 21st.
Then, at Point Point the following night we see Bert Alota and Irma ending up a … what was it? Bachata dance, I think, near the end of the evening.
I put those two photos plus 9 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
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.
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
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.
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
Monday, August 29, 2011
Hello Dancers, 'Sinta' by the Filipino band Aegis has clearly been the dance floor favorite especially at Point Point. More details below.
TUESDAY NIGHT LINE DANCING - Line dancers were jubilant as they danced through the August warm nights in Point Point, especially to songs like "It's My Soul", "Tennessee Waltz", "Coco Jamboo", "Under The Sun" and the salsa line dance that Rei introduced. Irma is relatively new to the group, and brand new to the group were Chit and Melinda. FOR UPCOMING TUESDAYS (August 30th and Sept 6th) 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. The music's been great for the past two weeks, but the attendance is not that great, unless you like a lot of open dance floor. DJ Eric played a nice variety of swing, cha cha and other latin music, and even line dances. My favorites were "Self Control", "One Way Ticket" (you can see video 1 or video 2 on YouTube)and "On The Floor". August 24th was unique in that the guys outnumbered the ladies - the first time I'd seen that. Carlos brought Christine, who enjoyed her first Wednesday dance at Lucky Star, as far as I know. "Filipino Night" once again will be this coming Wednesday August 31st 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 managed to pack in about 45 dancers last Thursday (August 25th), and I heard the previous week was the same. It was a warm night and DJ Leo was hot with great ballroom and line dance music. "Sinta" by the Filipino band Aegis(click here for YouTube video; its MP3 is in Files), the Filipino love ballad night club 2-step that I was able to recognize June 2nd, continues to be the favorite. The waltz line dance, "Right Thing That We Do", is also very popular. Line dances got the ladies dancing, especially "Tennessee Waltz", "It's My Soul", and "If You Wanna Be Happy". I was thrilled to hear "Rivers Of Babylon" and "Self Control". This coming Thursday September 1st, 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: The Friday night dance party teaming of Bert Velasco's Dancesation, It Takes Two, and the Infinity Dance Sports Center continues attracting dancers for fun Friday dancing at the Infinity Dance Sport Center, 4428 Convoy Street, Suite 288, near Convoy & Balboa Avenue from 7 - 11pm every Friday. $8 includes a dance lesson until 8pm, followed by social dancing. At the same time, the 32nd Street Dance Group is enjoying their refurbished ballroom for Friday night dancing in the ADM Robinson Rec Center. The dancing lesson begins there at 8pm followed by social dancing around 9pm for a mere $2.
PHOTOS (if these 2 photos do not pop up, click "Show Images" near top of this email): First of all, at Lucky Star last Wednesday (August 24th), even though there were more guys than ladies (!!), somehow Carlos got to dance with two of the lovely ladies, Edith and Christine.
Then, the next night on Point Point's main floor on Thursday August 25th we see Marylou, Irma and Nitz dancing joyfully to "Let's Twist Again".
I put those two photos plus 15 other photos from the past 2 weeks in the ForeverYoungSD Yahoo Group Photos section into the '2011 August' 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
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.
Hello Dancers, Bert Velasco's Dancesation teamed with Infinity and It Takes 2 to have a well-attended Grand Opening August 5th. More details below.
TUESDAY NIGHT LINE DANCING - A couple line dances that are more or less new to Nina's group got a lot of attention Tuesday August 2nd & 9th: "Mamma Maria" and "It's My Soul". On August 9th, Rei introduced a salsa line dance. Cooler than usual early August evenings made for some enjoyable line dancing in Point Point's Ocean Java Room. FOR UPCOMING TUESDAYS (August 16th and 23rd) 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. "Sinta" night club 2-step got all 16 dancers on the floor Wednesday August 3rd. "You're the First, Last, My Everything" swing dance did the same the following Wednesday. DJ Eric played a nice variety of ballroom and line dances. "Coco Jamboo" and "Tennessee Waltz" line dances were favorites on both nights. "Filipino Night" once again will be this coming Wednesday August 17th 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 keeps getting a crowd with around 50 showing up August 4th & 11th. DJ Leo kept the dancers dancing with great ballroom and line dance music. "Sinta" and the waltz line dance were the favorites getting around 40 on the floor each time. "Tennessee Waltz" seemed to be the favorite line dance, and "Rumba Samba Mambo" still gets a lot of line dancers out on the floor. This coming Thursday August 18th, 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: The Friday night teaming of Bert Velasco's Dancesation, It Takes Two, and the Infinity Dance Sports Center got off to a great start August 5th with over 140 attending the "Grand Opening" Luau Night. There was lots of food and lots of dancing on the big Infinity dance floor. While most songs were unfamiliar to me, I did recognize "Self Control", a swing dance, and among the handful of line dances I recognized "Simplemente". You can join the fun at the Infinity Dance Sport Center, 4428 Convoy Street, Suite 288, in the shopping center with Office Depot near Convoy & Balboa Avenue from 7 - 11pm every Friday. $8 includes a dance lesson until 8pm, followed by social dancing. Also on August 5th, the 32nd Street Dance Group resumed Friday night dancing in their ballroom in the ADM Robinson Rec Center after renovations. The dancing lesson begins there at 8pm followed by social dancing around 9pm.
PHOTOS(if these 2 photos do not pop up, click "Show Images" near top of this email): First of all, we see Florita dancing with Bert Velasco at the Grand Opening Luau Party Friday August 5th at Infinity.
Then, on Point Point's main floor on Thursday August 11th we see Roseann dancing a night club 2-step with Oscar.
I put those two plus 24 other photos from the past 2 weeks in the ForeverYoungSD Yahoo Group Photos section into the '2011 August' 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
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.
