Entertainment Overnight -- Incredible Talent

Incredible talent.  Incredible fun. There was only one Fred Astaire.

Entertainment overnight -- song and dance

For the kids out there, go Google Bob Hope and James Cagney

Entertainment overnight -- the great Astaire

Entertainment overnight -- dance

So talented. So creative. Such terrific choreography. Incredible syncopation. So many of their moves don't even look real.



And they only came in 2nd?

Entertainment overnight -- dancin', Walken wonderland

Entertainment overnight

LED lights and lighting.  The next big thing.

Annual OP Greek Festival starts today at 5 pm!

Friday, June 8th - 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, June 9th - 11:00am to 10:00pm
Sunday, June 10th - 11:00am to 8:00pm

DANCE PERFORMANCES:
Friday 6:00pm, 8:00pm
Saturday 11:30am, 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm
Sunday 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 5:30pm

For more information, check out their festival website at http://www.stdionysios.org/festival/index.php

Opa!

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Could we stop imitating Michael Jackson now?

What is it with repeating Michael Jackson's moves that keeps getting done over and over? HE was unique. HE was creative. He came up with all these things. Then people started doing the same things and I guess the thought was "See? I can do it, too." Now, people are STILL repeating his same moves. Has it morphed into nostalgia now? I don't get it. That must be it. I think we will be seeing this until the end of time. Granted, it's good music and always will be but THE SAME DANCE MOVES AS HIM--AND THE SAME CLOTHES? Forever? Yikes.

Do you remember this one?

The earlier videos reminded me, no surprise, of this earlier video from 2008. Funny how such little time can now seem so long ago, eh? Anyway, from what I understand, it took them 14 months, travelling through 14 countries dancing his dance, to get this video. I loved it. I hope you did--or do--too. Disfrute de su domingo. (Enjoy your Sunday).

I'm a sucker for a flashmob

and this is recently done.That said, I remember, even as a kid, when "West Side Story" first came out, that I found the depiction of mobs doing modern, contemporary dance jarring, at least. Here's another, from across the pond: I love how sweat pants, in Europe, apparently mean "gang clothing". I also love that both versions were updated to include both sexes. Leonard Bernstein lives.

What a difference a culture makes

Have you seen these videos of the Philipine corrections institutions people, dancing to songs together?

I remember when these first came out--I think the first one I saw was of them doing Michael Jackson's "Thriller".  It was a very popular video.

Anyway, at first, I only just enjoyed the video and was surprised.  But then, with time, after seeing more and more of these videos, it got me to thinking--what a difference in cultures, the Philippine and ours in the US.

I feel it's fairly safe to say that you/we won't be seeing any such videos coming out of our penal system anytime soon.  I think we Americans view "punishment" a great deal differently, by and large, than at least the Philippinos, if not most of the rest of the world.

Now, I don't know if, in their penal system, they have low-, medium- and high-security prisons, to begin, let alone  if this is the low, mid- or high-security group show here.  I assume it either is or is the equivalent of, our low-security level.

Anyway, this country, the Philippines, clearly sees a benefit to having and organizing these performances.  I'm sure they see it as keeping everyone busy and giving them something to work towards and improve at, etc.

It will just never happen here in the US, for better or worse.

First, I think it's safe and fair to say we Americans think this is too feminine or just not masculine enough or some such.

Second, if you'll notice--and I'm sure you did, it was almost impossible to miss--there are both women and men dancing together here.  That would never fly here in the States, unless I'm mistaken.

Third and finally, I think this would be viewed as letting these people have "too much fun" while they're incarcerated.  Sure, they're locked up, but there they are, dancing away and having what looks to be far too much fun.

Between the dancing and the mixed-sex mingling, most Americans are going to see this as just far too much fun and not the reason people are incarcerated.

For better or worse, I just noticed the differences and couldn't help but point it out here.

We seem to be big on punishment and shorter on stressing and financing, as a country and culture, education.

A toast, tribute and salute to Southwest Airlines

I post this for two reasons.  First, just to entertain you, in case you missed it.  It is rather funny and fun.  Second, to give Southwest Airlines its due.  I firmly believe this Filipino Cebu airline and its staff wouldn't be doing this and having fun like this unless Southwest did it first, partly for fun and partly to entertain their passengers.  Southwest proved a long time ago you can have fun, still do serious business and make a profit.

So good on you, Southwest Airlines.   You're not perfect but you get us where we need or want to go usually as inexpensively as possible, more on time than any other airline usually and, finally, you put fun in commercial flying.