Young or old, large or small........

Since there were two of us tending bar Friday night, I got to leave early. Just as I got home, I got a text from a friend, asking if I was working. She was going to up come and see me, but since I wasn’t there, we went to see the singer’s daughter’s band. What a blast! As the band was getting ready to start, the keyboard player was saying something about “toe-tapping music”, and as I looked in their direction, I saw a woman who was a minimum of 70 years old, standing on the dance floor. As soon as the music started, I understood the ‘toe-tapping” comment. This woman had on tap shoes, and started dancing away. She was really good, had some great moves. The song was pretty long, I kept waiting for her to get pooped out and go back to her seat. She never did. She was like the Energizer Bunny, she kept going and going. She was amazing! She never stopped until the song was over! The crowd was cheering loudly for her!


She sat down for a song, then got up again. This time people were getting up and dancing with her. Everyone was having a great time. There was at least a 40 year age span here. Chronological age doesn’t matter.

The next night, back at work, we had a slow night, the summer doldrums. But, we had a helluva lot of fun! There was a couple at the bar who were singing along, as was I and the busboy, and a couple of servers. The few at the tables were also joining in.

The busboy and I were doing our usual dance moves, the “Swim” to a sixties song, then we hold our noses like we’re going under water, and disappear behind the bar. We did the high kicks to “New York, New York” …and even came up with a few more moves.

Like I said, the crowd was sparse, but it didn’t matter, those who were there had fun.

So you see, the numbers don’t matter, whether we’re talking about age or the size of the crowd. Fun is fun. Go ahead, cut loose and enjoy yourself!