New Year's
Not to brag, but in all likelihood my New Year's Eve was probably a lot better than yours.
Sorry, it's just the way these things work out sometimes.
creogaudium trained down from New York Saturday afternoon. I picked her up in the afternoon and we played video games for about an hour or so until
d33pthought arrived. Then it was preperations mode. By the time dinner was ready (tasty, tasty casoulet = French white bean stew with roasted pork, duck confit, and panchetta bacon) we were looking sharp. But that's not the point of the evening. The beforehand stuff I mean; looking sharp was very much a significant point of the evening.
The three of us piled into the car and two hours later (I know, long drive but worth it, we were in York, Pennsylvania at the fabulous Valencia Ballroom. The Valencia's an old relic from the 1900's. It features an enourmous (and extremely smooth!) dance floor and a stage for performances. On stage was the Boilermaker Jazz Band, a six-piece plus vocalist cover band for the big band era. Oh God they had so much energy!
And the dancing, the dancing! While I don't know lindy hop (a problem to be remedied in the near future, I've decided), I had a great time jiving and jitterbugging the night away. I had a number of dances with Creo who is getting to be quite the adept dancer, and danced with many of the people there who I didn't know including a very fun turn with
chuzhuzhe who I was surprised but delighted to find there. There were several other people in attendance who I'd met before, either through Philadelphia Swing Dance Society or people D33p introduced me to.
Then, after dancing until 1:00 AM (!!!) there was...
More dancing! A local dance school opened their doors to become an improvised swing club. They would have gone til the wee hours of the Goddamn (apprently last year they went until 5:00 AM) but I needed sleep so I could drive the next day - unlike some people, I might add - and so we had to pack it at 2:00. Ah well, it was extremely fun.
All in all the best New Year's Eve I think I've ever had. God willing I'll be coming back next year even if it is several hundred miles from Madison.
Who wants in?
Sorry, it's just the way these things work out sometimes.
The three of us piled into the car and two hours later (I know, long drive but worth it, we were in York, Pennsylvania at the fabulous Valencia Ballroom. The Valencia's an old relic from the 1900's. It features an enourmous (and extremely smooth!) dance floor and a stage for performances. On stage was the Boilermaker Jazz Band, a six-piece plus vocalist cover band for the big band era. Oh God they had so much energy!
And the dancing, the dancing! While I don't know lindy hop (a problem to be remedied in the near future, I've decided), I had a great time jiving and jitterbugging the night away. I had a number of dances with Creo who is getting to be quite the adept dancer, and danced with many of the people there who I didn't know including a very fun turn with
Then, after dancing until 1:00 AM (!!!) there was...
More dancing! A local dance school opened their doors to become an improvised swing club. They would have gone til the wee hours of the Goddamn (apprently last year they went until 5:00 AM) but I needed sleep so I could drive the next day - unlike some people, I might add - and so we had to pack it at 2:00. Ah well, it was extremely fun.
All in all the best New Year's Eve I think I've ever had. God willing I'll be coming back next year even if it is several hundred miles from Madison.
Who wants in?