It's okay to play the fool, someone has to lead the Conga Line......

When the crowd is out for fun…Deliver!

It wasn’t a particularly busy weekend…school’s were closed this past week for mid-winter break….a lot of people take the time for a mini vacation….well, February isn’t really known for being one of the busier months of the year anyways…but Saturday was probably one of the most fun nights we’ve had!

We had two groups in the lounge who were having a rip-roaring good time…and then it got better. They were singing along, dancing, the two groups were joking around with each other…the makings of a perfect evening out for everyone.

I went over to talk to the two groups for a minute…..I was sort of swaying to the music, snapping my fingers, and one woman looks up and says “We’re gonna have a dance-off!” she immediately got up and started dancing again. I just stayed by the edge of tables….kept swaying, snapping my fingers, Deb was singing “We Are Family”, and when she got to the line “I got all my sisters and me,” she and I (being pseudo sisters-in-law) were pointing at each other, in time to the music of course. When the song was finished, the woman who was dancing, looked over at me and said, “HEY! What’s with the sideline dancing?!?” (You know what? She was right.)

On the next song, Josh, the busboy, came out of the kitchen wearing some goofy glasses he had found, was be-bopping around a little….told him, “Go over by that table, wear those goofy glasses and dance!” So he did! They loved it!

Turns out Deb decided to sing Donna Summer’s “Last Dance!” to close out the evening. I called Josh to come behind the bar with me, we put together a really quick choreography that just popped in my head…..we’re dancing, right arms waving in the air, “Okay now! Spin!” Deb was pointing at us, the two groups were hooting and hollering…then it hit me, “Get them to join in!” I told Josh, “Follow me!” And a Conga Line was born. Those who had been dancing got up and joined us! We circled the lounge for the duration of the song! One of the guys at the tables pulled out his phone and was madly snapping pictures! What a riot!

So you see, it doesn’t matter whether you can dance well or not, it only matters that if you want, you do. We only get one go-around in this life…so screw your inhibitions and dance!