This year the Medford Jazz Festival organizers finally figured out that dancers are people too! We were able to have a great dance venue with a large floor.
Our favorite band (16-piece Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra) was scheduled to play at 9:30AM (for pete's sake). We got ourselves organized and headed down to the venue by 9AM. TURNS OUT WE WERE THE ONLY DANCERS THERE. It was just too early for most of 'em I guess. So we had the floor to ourselves...good for having lots of fun and entertaining the folks, but grueling for dancing for 2-hours straight. You see, nothing makes a dance band more unhappy that NOT having anyone dancing, so naturally we felt obligated to dance EVER SINGLE NUMBER THEY PLAYED! OYE! So we put on a good show for the sponsors (Anna Maria Creekside - a retirement residence). They loved watching us and we loved performing for them! So we Fox Trotted, Waltzed, Rhumba-ed, Swung, West Coast Swung, Cha-Cha-ed, Salsa-ed and even Tango-ed ourselves right into oblivion.
This year's event hosted 16 musical groups with over 150 performances.
Happily for us, our dance students (Tom & Joy Lowell) sponsored a venue, so we got free badges! That's a savings of $140!
So, yes, we DID have to show them our s--- badges, frequently. So you're wondering why we don't have any photos of us dancing? Photography was not allowed unless you were an "authorized photographer" for the event. We do know that many photos were taken of us performing, but we don't know if we'll ever see them!
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