Dance Fever
I’m guessing that my 12-year old daughter was not the inspiration for the Jackson 5‘s hit Dancin’ Machine, considering that “I” was only six years old when the song came out in 1973. But like the song says, she is “movin and groovin” pretty much every day of the week. Whether it’s in our kitchen or in the dance studio, where she spends more than 12 hours a week, she loves to dance. Hip hop, jazz, pom. You name it, she’s in. Last Friday night, she took on a new kind of dance -- a middle-school dance. My wife and I chaperoned, giving us a night out and giving me a chance to forget that I was unemployed. The theme was 80’s night, which was right up our alley. One of the first songs we heard was Bryan Adams classic, “Heaven”. Except, it wasn’t Bryan Adams. It was a dance version released in 2002 by DJ Sammy and Yanou. Totally not the 80’s. As the evening went on, we heard Journey and Wham, Miley Cyrus and the Black Eyed Peas. Perhaps, the song that got the biggest reaction was...