Chase the glowing hours...............

On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;

No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet

To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

-Lord Byron, as excerpted from The Eve of Waterloo

cartoon by William Stieg

Just as a public service......................a re-play

Hot Butter................................................................Pop Corn

Fifty years ago....................................

On the TV:  Ginger Rogers visits Hugh O'Brien on Hollywood Palace

A victory dance....................................?

Fifty years ago......................................

Elvis Presley................................................What'd I Say

Good morning....................................

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.......Fun

Fifty years ago.........................

The Reflections.........................Just Like Romeo and Juliet

Fifty years ago.....................

Chris Montez..................................................Let's Dance




All you purists out there who want to remind me that this song dates from fifty-two years ago can relax.  I'm going with the idea that, judging from clothing styles, haircuts, and the dancing itself,  the video dates to early 1964.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

He gave his life for tourism................

Steve Martin..............................................King Tut

Fifty years ago...................................

Marvin Gaye...................................You're A Wonderful One

It's not Guy Lombardo with The Royal Canadians, and it's certainly not Auld Lang Syne, but it is a great way to get the New Year started...

Fred and Ginger dancing the Carioca from Flying Down to Rio



thanks

Fifty years ago..........................

Jimmy Soul.....................If You Want To Be Happy

Needs.................................

“The happy man in this life needs friends.” 
-Saint Thomas Aquinas

cartoon via

That's Entertainment......................!

Don't see too much of this anymore.  Our loss.

Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Nicholas Brothers

D is for Dance......................

Dance with fear.  Dance with done.  Dance with the resistance.  Dance with each other.  Dance with art.

-Seth Godin, V is for Vulnerable:  Life Outside the Comfort Zone,  illustrated by Hugh MacLeod