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October 11th, 2006
03:58 pm - Voting today and tomorrow in the UC
Voting for the SGA candidates is today and tomorrow in the UC Lobby from 9am to 6pm.
Please vote for T Squared--that's me Ryan Tonini for SGA President and Derek Thacker for SGA Vice-President. I need you guys to vote for me. Please vote!!! After voting, sit back, relax, and realize that you've helped make a difference on this campus. Thanks for all of your support. I plan to sleep all day Friday when this is all over, lol! **daydreams**
Later,
Tonini Out!
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October 6th, 2006
11:03 am - T Squared for SGA President & V.P.
I'm running for SGA President with Derek Thacker for SGA Vice-President.
Our platform is as follows.
1. Weekly meetings with Halverstadt AND his CNS staff
2. Weekly meetings with ATOs, Delta Chis, Pikes, KDs, DZ, IFC, and Panhellenic as well as RHA and RAs.
3. Charger Café treys to reduce traffic into and out of the kitchen area
4. Push the administration to revamp the confusing and expensive Campus Meal Plan System
5. Recycling bins on campus for paper and plastics. More bins for aluminum cans.
6. Trash cans in the UC Lobby
7. Clean restrooms with enough supplies to use them comfortably
8. 24 hour sidewalk lighting on campus
9. Longer hours at the Von Braun Research Hall computer lab on Sundays
10. Longer library hours
11. Getting a volleyball court at the NCRH courtyard
12. Get Campus.net running again all the while consolidating event calendars in order to have one common UAH event calendar with one point of contact
13. Change machines in the dorm laundry rooms
14. SGA project to paint the Cafe and/or Mom's with Charger Horses or other School Spirit art
15. Bronze charger horse statue at the Greek Row Island
16. UC Game Room upgrades and advertising
17. Getting Student Instructor Evaluation scores available to students in a more accessible way
18. Make instructors more accountable for their lecturing ability
19. Campus bicycle renting to facilitate easy campus transportation
20. Improving image of SGA through a Correspondent Committee
21. Special cabinet position dedicated to making the SGA as efficient as possible under the new constitution.
22. Reward system for productive SGA members
23. Continue working to integrate ACE with SGA
24. Re-starting the campus Newspaper Readership program
25. Fixing the air conditioning in Morton Hall
26. Revamp of the information turnstile in the UC Lobby to make it more noticeable
27. More Motorcycle parking on campus
We have a strong character, and strong leadership skills. We will do whatever it takes to get the job done. If it means nagging at people to get something accomplished, then so be it. Through strength, honesty, and respectful leadership, we will get the job done. We are certainly not apathetic about the SGA. You can rest assured that, if elected, we will be an extremely productive administration. Initiatives we start will be of the highest quality, benefiting the students of the University with the highest possible quantity.
No matter what, myself and Mr. Thacker will look out for what is best the SGA, the students, and the University utilizing a moral and unbiased outlook. Any suggestions or concerns about our campaign or our administration (if we're elected) are certainly welcome. I wanna here about what you want done on this campus!
My name is Ryan Tonini and I'm running for SGA President with Derek Thacker for SGA V.P. If you like our ideas then vote for Tonini and Thacker on Oct. 11 & 12 in the UC Lobby. Tonini and Thacker equals "T Squared, the Right Choice for UAH!"
Thank you,
Tonini Out
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Current Music: Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
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September 28th, 2006
08:08 am - Electric Slide not allowed?
Bullshit. Here is more of the e-mail contact I've had with Mr. Ric-Ass Silver. Ric's reply is shown below along with my response below. I'm taking the reasoning approach. One more and I might get mean again, lol!
No one wants to pay you $100 to teach this dance. Instead
they'll teach something else. Who wants to do that? Young
people would never be taught the dance. It would eventually
spell the end of The Electric Slide from mainstream American
dance. Then you wouldn't be able to get any money for it!
I don't get it. Why would you want to stop people from
enjoying themselves freely. I'm here to promote the
enjoyment of dance, not make money from it.
> No - but you are teaching it
> and it is illegal for you to teach it without getting my
> permission and without paying the $100.00 fee
Current Music: MC Hammer
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September 27th, 2006
10:06 am - UAH Dance Club gets sued?
This post is in reference to another post I made around February 8th, 2006. In it, I describe how Mr. Ric Silver threatened to sue me and the UAH Dance Club for having taught The Electric Slide. Please read that post first.
Here posted below is my response to him along with his original e-mail below that. So far, nothing has happened on his end in response to my response. Bastard.
Tonini Out!
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Dear Ric,
I received your letter stating that it is illegal for me to post instructions on how to dance The Electric Slide. I am e-mailing you to get my point across directly!
Nowhere on my website (http://www.uah.edu/danceclub) does it give choreography instruction on The Electric Slide. It simply states that "The Electric Slide" will be taught on January 20th, 2006. No choreography is posted.
Your e-mail says you took a look at my website and "after viewing your site I have found that it - as most of the sites I have visited - have an incorrect version of my choreography." How about you the human, instead of some search and e-mail script routine, actually take a detailed look at my website before you send me this erroneous e-mail and waste my valuable time.
On top of the absence of choreography, if you took a look at our website you would have realized that the lesson was free and we would not have made ANY profit, moron!
I will not be bothered by the likes of you. You are only out to get undeserved monetary benefit.
The Electric Slide is one of the most common club and community dances in America. Any Joe Schmo knows it and can give instruction to his friends on this dance. That is what we did. How can you possibly copyright that act and try to enforce it? It is a Standard Social Dance.
If anything, I'm helping you out because now more people will know what the Electric Slide is, so what is the issue here?
We are a non-profit university club. We exist simply to promote the enjoyment of dancing to the students of UAH and the people of the surrounding community. If you sue us, then you sue every single member of our organization--and there are many--and most of all the entire University of Alabama in Huntsville. Is that really something you want to take on?
This is ridiculous! You are ridiculous! In all honesty, with all the errors you have made in contacting me and reading over your website, this must be a hoax.
Dancing is an act, not a business. I refuse to be taken down by your big-business methods.
GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE!
Not respectfully,
Ryan Tonini
UAH Dance Club President
http://www.uah.edu/danceclub
> It is illegal for you to teach the Electric Slide and
> charge money. I own the copyright to this dance and if you
> are making money off my choreography - then you owe me
> money.
>
> Please contact my lawyer - Dedra Davis at your earliest
> convenience at 713-981-3861 in Houston Texas.
>
> http://www.uah.edu/danceclub/events.htm<http://www.uah.edu/danceclub/events.htm>
>
>
> Copyright 6/02/76 by Ric Silver
> Registered with the Library of Congress PA 1-274-833
>
> Paperwork is posted at
> http://the-electricslidedance.com<http://the-electricslid> edance.com/> or
> http://the-electricslide.com/id6.html<http://the-electricslide.com/id6.html>
>
>
>
>
> originally sent out on 4/17/03
>
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
> My name is Ric Silver. In 1976, I choreographed "The
> Electric Slide" for Vamps Disco in New York City.
>
> I am writing to inform you that I have retained a legal
> firm to handle the lawsuit against the following:
> DEJ Productions, for their use of "The Electric " in the
> film "Nobody's Baby";
> Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. for their use of "The
> Electric" in the film "The Replacements";
> "The Super" with Joe Pechi (the only film to actually use
> the correct choreography);
> Chris Rock for "Head of State"
> And "The Parkers" Television show - Episode #018 (used the
> correct choreography). All used "The Electric" without
> permission or credit.
>
> In a search of the internet, your site has been
> listed as having "The Electric Slide" choreography and
> after viewing your site I have found that it - as most of
> the sites I have visited - have an incorrect version of my
> choreography. In as much as I have not given permission
> for anyone to print or film this choreography - your site
> will be listed as a co-defendant in the above-mentioned
> suit.
>
>
>
> If you are teaching The Electric Slide you must stop
> immediately or contact me or my lawyer to make arrangement
> for payment of fees.
>
> If you have a website that lists the choreography for The
> Electric Slide you may:
>
> 1) You may correct your site to reflect the correct
> choreography which I have posted at the end of this
> letter
>
> Or
>
> 2) You can remove this illegal and incorrect version of
> "The Electric Slide" from your site.
>
> See
> http://the-electricslide.com/id6.html<http://the-electricslide.com/id6.html>
>
> or the Official Electric Slide Homepage at
> http://the-electricslidedance.com<http://the-electricslidedance.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Ric Silver
> NYCsDancer@hotmail.com<mailto:nycsdancer@hotmail.com>
> 35 Village Lane #2
> Groton, CT 06340
> 860-448-6341
>
>
>
>
> "The Electric"
>
> aka The Electric Slide
>
> Choreographed in 1976 for the re-opening of Vamps Disc at
> 71st and Broadway in New York City
>
> The Electric Slide
>
> TYPE: 4 Wall Line Dance Rating: Beginner to Advanced
> COUNT: 22 STEPS: 22
> CHOREOGRAPHER: Ric Silver
> MUSIC:Electric Boogie - Marcia Griffiths
>
> STEP DESCRIPTION:
>
> GRAPEVINE Right, TOUCH
> 1,2. Step to the right on RIGHT foot; Step LEFT foot
> behind Right foot; 3,4 Step to the right on RIGHT foot;
> Touch LEFT foot next to Right foot (clap) GRAPEVINE Left,
> TOUCH 5,6. Step to the left on LEFT foot; Step RIGHT foot
> behind Left foot; 7,8 Step to the left on LEFT foot; Touch
> RIGHT foot next to Left foot (clap) WALK BACK, TOUCH
> 9-11. Walk back stepping on RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT
> 12. Touch LEFT foot next to Right foot (clap)
> STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, STEP, TOUCH, STEP
> with 1/4 TURN , HOP 13,14 Step forward on LEFT foot; Touch
> RIGHT foot toe to Left heel (clap) 15,16 Step backward on
> RIGHT foot; Touch LEFT foot toe to Right toe (snap) 17,18
> Step forward on LEFT foot; Touch RIGHT foot toe to Left
> heel (clap) 19,20 Step backward on RIGHT foot; Touch LEFT
> foot toe to Right toe (snap) 21,22 Step forward on LEFT
> foot, turning 1/4 turn to your left; Hop
>
> BEGIN DANCE AGAIN
>
>
> More advanced dancers can vary steps with turns in
> grapevines or slide, slide, slide - kicks (14 & 18) touch
> behind or hand to floor (16 & 20) - Hop may be substituted
> with Tour d'lair (turn in the air).
>
> This was originally choreographed for professional dancers
> and was done in 2 lines facing each other. They should BOX
> each other - that is to say, circle the opposite dancer.
> This version was only performed a few times with
> professional dancers as I found that non-dancers found the
> intricacies too difficult to handle. I only taught it as a
> single line dance at VAMPS. I hope that now that the dance
> has been around for a while, once they learn the correct
> 22 steps, they would be able to manage this version as
> well.
>
>
> Copyright 6/02/76 by Ric Silver Registered with the
> Library of Congress
>
> This choreography is also know as "Freeze"; "The Arizona
> Slide"; "Cowboy Electric Slide"; "Cowboy Motion" ; "Cowboy
> Boogie"; "Electric Eel's Team Dance" - all of which are
> incorrect versions of this original "Electric Slide" but
> with steps omitted or added.
>
>
>
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Current Music: More Than A Woman
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August 25th, 2006
02:55 pm - UAH Dance Club dance tonight!
The UAH Dance Club will be having their first dance of
the 2006-2007 season tonight at 8pm in the UAH UC Exhibit
Hall. For directions, check out our website.
Santana will be the featured artist tonight. Several of his
songs will be played. The playlist is posted on the
website. I will have copies of the playlist on hand
tonight.
Memberships: Memberships for the 05-06 season have
expired!!! If you would like to purchase a membership for
the 06-07 season, we will be glad to help you. For $15, you
can get into all of our dances for free, our workshops at a
discounted rate, and other non-UAH Dance Club events at
discounted rates as announced! Please note that UAH
students are automatically members of the UAH Dance Club and
get into all events for free. Membership cards will be
mailed in several weeks.
Without further ado, here is the info on our dance tonight!
Next dance: Friday, August 25, 2006!
This dance will feature the music of Santana.
Date: Friday, August 25, 2006
Time: 8:00-10:30pm
Location: The University Center on the UAH campus
Notes: There will be no dance lesson before the dance.
Cost: (open to the public)
free for UAH students
free for club members
$5 for non-members
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Ryan Tonini
UAH Dance Club President
http://www.uah.edu/danceclub
p.s. Jaralith, McDanism says thanks for the stuff in the Dance Club mailbox. Will miss you tonight.
Current Music: Dance Club playlist for tonight. Live version of Samba Pa Ti
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May 8th, 2006
04:25 pm - Notes:
To Ashley: I Love you!!!
To jaralith: You said "Hopeless" was a Waltz. Who is the artist?
To alora152: I called Linda and she told me the UC has reduced hours over the summer. Our only option would be a mid afternoon/early evening dance as the UC closes at 6pm. Perhaps we should look for another venue such as KOC Hall.
To all: Pictures of the house can be found here.
Current Music: Creed - Higher
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May 2nd, 2006
08:32 am - Long, Long Time for an update
Who would be interested in a UAH Dance Club summer dance? Say July 4th weekend or third Friday in July...
Blue Shocker is officially parked. I surpassed 246,000 miles yesterday, the insurance expired, and it needs more go-go juice. I suppose it should be retired. ... OK, I just really don't wanna fork up the insurance bill for 6 more months! It is only 107 dollars (sad indeed), but I have Maddy Mustang to drive too!
Good Golly Miss Molly Gas Prices Are High. I love that the gas stations, after the price per barrel (ppb) goes up, raise prices as soon as they can, yet it takes them two weeks to lower their prices when ppb goes down.
Fuckers.
Why the fuck are we so dependent on gasoline--we shoulda seen this coming years ago. Oops, just a sec...let's remember Bush is a puppy dog to the oil companies and they need profits so they can invest them in alternative fuels like Bush said last week, right? Horse-shit.
I'm moving into a house, with five other people. This will be only slightly interesting. ;-) Ashley and I are sharing the basement. Yay! I'm excited! I didn't realize how much crap I have. I've thrown away quite a bit of stuff. I still have a little more at Mom's b/f my old room is empty. At least my new room is free of dust! I have my computer right under the window in my room. I'm going to install one of the Dance Club fans in the window to help with the dust the computer creates. How sad is that?
Happy dancing!
Tonini Out!
Current Mood: I wanna dance
Current Music: Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight
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April 18th, 2006
08:12 am - Patton James & the Synchromatics!
UAH Dance Club dance:
Next dance: Friday, April 21, 2006!
This dance will feature Patton James & The Synchromatics performing swing dance tunes.
Date: Friday, April 21, 2006
Time: 8:00-10:30pm
Location: The University Center on the UAH campus
Notes: There will be no dance lesson before the dance.
Cost: (open to the public)
free for UAH students
free for club members
$5 for non-members
Current Music: Enya - A Day Without Rain
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March 7th, 2006
12:54 pm - UAH Dance Club Dance This Friday!
Next dance: Friday, March 10, 2006!
Dave Roberts & Connie Carnes will be teaching a refresher West Coast Swing or Hustle lesson before the dance.
Date: Friday, March 10, 2006
Time: WCS or Hustle refresher lesson at 7:30!
8:00 - 10:30 PM dance
Location: The University Center on the UAH campus
Notes: The intermission will consist of at least one line dance tune.
Cost: (open to the public)
free for UAH students
free for club members
$5 for non-members
Zydeco workshop will be on April 15th from 1-3pm and then dancing from 3-4pm.
Tonini Out
Current Music: Allman Brothers Band - Mountain Jam
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February 28th, 2006
09:43 am - UAH Dance Club Workshop This Saturday
The UAH Dance Club will be having another dance workshop
this Saturday, March 4th from 1pm to 4pm featuring Dave
Roberts and Connie Carnes teaching West Coast Swing &
Hustle. Our March dance will be on March 10th. Patton
James & The Synchromatics will be with us on April 21st and
we will have a workshop on April 15th.
Here is the info on the workshop:
Next Workshop: Saturday, March 4th
Dave Roberts and Connie Carnes will be teaching WCS and
Hustle.
Date: Saturday, March 4th
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM West Coast Swing lesson
2:30 - 4:00 PM Hustle lesson
Location: The University Center on the UAH campus
Cost:
free for UAH students
$5 for club members
$10 for non-members
L8r!
Tonini Out!
Current Music: Santana
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February 15th, 2006
03:55 pm - UAH Dance Club February Dance
Sandra Watts will be teaching a refresher bolero lesson before the dance.
Date: Friday, February 17, 2006
Time: Bolero refresher lesson at 7:30!
8:00 - 10:30 PM dance
Location: The University Center on the UAH campus
Notes: The intermission will consist of at least one line
dance tune.
Cost:
free for UAH students
free for club members
$5 for non-members
Current Music: Del Castillo - Este Amor (Mambo)
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February 8th, 2006
04:28 pm - Update
wOw! It's been a long time since an update. Well here is a little diddie.
I went to Ashley's parents house for the superbowl. A bunch of people came over. We told her mom that we were moving into a house together after finals. She took it surprisingly well. Phew! I told my mom last night, and she actually didn't get hysterical--a nice surprise. Ashley, I love you! Poor baby, she has three tests this week. Here's hoping your tests go as well as telling our parents about moving in.
Tonini out!
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08:59 am - UAH Dance Club Workshop
BTW, we have a Mambo & Bolero workshop this Saturday from 1-4pm. Dress is casual. Free for students, $5 for members, $15 for non-members.
Takes place at the UC Exhibit Hall.
Tonini Out
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January 19th, 2006
02:13 pm - UAH January Dance
The UAH Dance Club is having a dance this Friday Jan. 20th. The dance lesson will feature several Electric Slide dances. In the dance, there will be a couple Electric Slides, a Barn dance, and a Casper Cha-Cha Slide song. The lesson starts at 7:30 and the dance is at 8pm in the UAH UC Exhibit Hall. See you there! It's going to be rockin! If you have any song requests, I'd prefer seeing me at the beginning of the dance so I can get the song in!
Tonini Out!
Current Music: Revis - Seven
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December 15th, 2005
11:41 pm - Hello strangers!
DANG! It's been a heck of a long time since an update. Well the semester is over, thank God! I'm happy. **does happy dance** Oh yeah, dancing. I'll be at the Contra Dance this Saturday. Faith Presbyterian at Whitesburg and Airport for those of you still around town. 7:30 lesson, 8pm dance. It is the Chirstmas Dance, so it'll be a little more expensive--7 dollars for students. Hope to see ya'll there! I've missed dancing a ton and can't wait to get back. Kerry, if you bring a contra skirt, I'll wear it! Oh yeah, hope to be at the Ballroom stuff on Tuesday night!
Plans for christmas:
go to Nashville for a couple days, whoops already there. Check!
go home for christmas with mom and brothers.
Go to SED on Monday for work, yay!!! Will miss you there Steve!
Go to Tennessee to spend 8 month anniversary with Ashley.
Go to Florence to see Kass.
Go to Grandma's for da big familia christmas
Go to Tennessee for da big Ashley familia christmas.
==Whew, my fingers hurt. That's a lotta stuff. and that's just the first week!!!
See ya'll around. Merry Christmas!!!
oh yeah, SCHOOL'S OUT, AND MY COMPUTER STILL WORKS! WHOOOOOOO!!!!!
Tonini Out!
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September 10th, 2005
12:56 am - Mad at the world
I hate my mother. I hate people that hold grudges. I hate liars. There are very few good people in the world these days. I pick my friends very carefully.
School is great these days. I'm taking 16 hours and I'm actually able to keep up. I'm in Florence this weekend at Kassey's house with Ashley. Got in the pool. YaYx2! Look me up in the Honors Lounge on Tuesday and Thursday nights if you wanna drop in...
Tonini Out!
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August 5th, 2005
03:29 pm - More danceclub stuff
Hokay, the October workshop is definitely out. No way that is going to happen. Would you guys like to go after a November workshop on Swing and Street Swing and move the Novemeber dance focus from samba to swing and move samba over to Oct?
As far as the Oct and Apr dances, those occur during FallFest and SpringFest respectively. However, I've been in contact with ACE and BSA trying to work something up. You see, they had already been planning some kind of dance on those dates, so it works out well for us!!! ;-) heeh, heeh. Anyhoo, I'll keep y'all updated..
I'm at the beach right now. First time I've stayed for any length of time down here since Ivan. wOOt!
Tonini Out!
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August 3rd, 2005
02:30 pm - UAH Dance Club update
Here is what I have of the schedule reservation of the Exhibit Hall.
16 Sep 05 status: Reserved
18 Nov 05 status: Reserved
2 Dec 05 status: Reserved
20 Jan 05 status: Reserved
11 Feb 05 status: Reserved
17 Feb 05 status: Reserved
10 Mar 05 status: Reserved (note the date change)
15 Apr 05 status: Reserved
21 Oct 05 status: Possible reservation, dependent on another client
21 Apr 05 status: Possible reservation, dependent on another client (besides 21 Apr, all APR Fridays are booked. Sat. UC closes at 9pm
15 Oct 05 status: Definitely not (campus visit day. Week before is Fall Break
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July 26th, 2005
02:51 pm - UAH Ballroom Dance Club tentative schedule
This pertains mainly to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) alora152 and jaralith but any of your comments are welcome.
This is the schedule of dance events for 05-06 for the UAH Ballroom Dance Club. Any objections? I also would take suggestions on which dance type to focus on for that month (which would include a 30 min lesson in it before the dance and a 3 hour workshop if applicable)
There are 3 workshops, 7 lessons and 8 dances as follows (7 of which will be recorded music, 1 with a live band):
16 Sep 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (Cha-Cha)
15 Oct 05 1pm-4pm - workshop (Foxtrot and Swing)
21 Oct 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (Swing)
18 Nov 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (Samba)
2 Dec 05 7pm-1030pm - dance only (band TBD)
20 Jan 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (Electric Slide (Cha-Cha Slide too!))
11 Feb 05 1pm-4pm - workshop (Mambo & Bolero)
17 Feb 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (Bolero)
17 Mar 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (??)
15 Apr 05 1pm-4pm - workshop (??)
21 Apr 05 7pm-1030pm - lesson & dance (??)
As far as the band goes, I would like to get either Patton James and the Synchromatics (Swing) or Mambo Gris Gris (Latin) to come play for us. Any objections? Also, for the recorded music nights, I'll DJ the dance. However, for varieties sake, I might bring in DJ Dave Ellington or DJ Tropical once or twice.
I'm not much of a decorator, so I will leave that up to ya'll, but there really hasn't much of that done in the past, fyi.
I'd like to get this as ironed out as possible now, so that we won't have any big surprises this year.
TTYL
Tonini Out
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Current Music: The Wallflowers - One Headlight
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June 12th, 2005
09:39 am - Me Myspace
Check out my MySpace area at http://www.myspace.com/12229368
Tonini Out
Current Music: Del Castillo - Este Amor
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