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SWEET!
A DYNAMITE HALLOWEEN
Sunday, October 31
Halloween Dance Party

With two full nights behind everyone, options for doing something fun and new on Halloween seemed a bit of a stretch.  Slightly tired and wary of heading up Sixth Street, I spent most of the day cleaning up the studio alongside Matt and Myra, and together, we found enough stereo components lying around to build a decent turntable soundsystem.  With my entire collection of records now ready to be unleashed, I started making phone calls to everyone who is programmed into my new phone inviting them out to a Halloween Dance Party at 9 pm. 

After moving around a few tables to clear the dance floor, everyone started arriving.  The music ranged from Tom Jones to the Coctails, Elvis, Michael Jackson, and a healthy dose of Neil Diamond.  At one point Jane Fonda's Workout was playing, and some impromptu calisthenics broke out on the dance floor.  Any time things started getting slow, Rick James or Footloose would rev things up nicely. With a few odd skips here or there, it finally was time to slow things down a bit and I made an announcement it was time for the prom night song.  I put on Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' and was prepared to sit on the stairs drinking a beer when I turned from the turntable and last night's Marilyn was waiting for my dance.  I quickly and carefully pinned my corsage on her, and we glided across the dance floor.

The music continued, the beer kept going down, and things were pretty light, with some insane dancing and laughter all around.  L. and I had to dance together again, as an announcement was made it was time for the King and Queen of the prom to dance center stage.  I nervously flipped through my collection, trying to find just the right song, and Perry Como's version of 'Fly Me to the Moon' didn't let me down.

 

Take a look at some of the action as it went down:



Friday, October 29
Mundi Madness
 


Saturday, October 30
Downtown Debauchery
 


Sunday, October 31
Halloween Dance Party
 

What a sweet minx

Sometimes, things happen over the course of a night...

J & A

get down

everyone's dancin'

a gorilla and his date

good times

C & M

takin it easy

Two men who shoulda been plumbers, while 'In the Ghetto' plays

one-two-ba-na-na, one-two-ba-na-na

Hands, holding hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you.....

I just don't know

Wild times

Dips are always nice

slowing it down

Fly Me to the Moon

Sweet times