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Great Dancing at JohnE’s

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Summer is here and there is a lot of room on the floor at JohnE’s both Fridays and Saturdays. Here is the line up for the next couple of weeks:
FRIDAY NIGHT – Country & 50’s-60’s:
June 25 – EXIT 40 (Country with 50’s)
July 2    – CLOSED for Floor Maintenance
July 9    – Saguaro Sunset – C
July 16  – Reign-N-Country – C
July 23  – TBD
July 30  – Saguaro Sunset – C
Aug  6   – Reign-N-Country –C
SATURDAY NIGHT – Ballroom:
June 26 – Mike Corollo
July 3    – CLOSED for Floor Maintenance
July 10  – Danny Kealey Band
July 17  – Rich Howard Orchestra
July 24  – Terry McFee Orchestra
July 31  – Manuel Dorantes
August 7 – Danny Kealey Orchestra
JohnE’s is located Greenfield Village RV Resort located in Mesa just East of Greenfield Road and Main Street.

9 to 90, Great Night at JohnE’s

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Bob Roppolo played a great set last night at JohnE’s. He even had guest performers assisting him for a few songs. There were only 120 folks in attendance, ranging from young nine years to over 90.
If you are looking for a great place to dance on Saturday nights you need to check out JohnE’s in Greenfield Village. The schedule and directions are posted in the left column. With only 120 dancers, that is 60 couples, there is a lot of room on the floor.

Shoes Getting Dusty

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With my partner laid up with a pulled back muscle, not much dancing has been happening. We did get to dance a couple of nice slow dances at a reception this last Thursday, but that is it. We did  not take the chance of re-injuring her back this weekend.

Hopefully this coming week will be better. I have been going over the notes from our classes and we need to go over each and make sure we remember them all. I never realized that retirement would be so busy.

Dancing in Payson

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We spent the weekend in Payson and did not dance. The only thing we could find was a small dance floor at Tiny’s Family Restaurant from 6 to 9pm on Friday night. There is a live performer there doing 50’s & 60’s music but we did not make it over there.
A weekend without dancing seems really weird and sort of empty.

Rich Howard

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The Rich Howard Orchestra played at JohnE’s last night. Good music as always. 160 folks dancing, with over $20,300 now donated to charity.

With that many people it is getting a little warm on the floor. Hopefully when they refinish the floors in July they also do something about the air conditioning.

Danny Kealey Orchestra

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The Danny Kealey (D.K.) Orchestra were hot tonight and had a great crowd at JohnE’s.
This is a six piece orchestra that plays a wide range of music. To quote from their website:
“The band’s musical program includes songs from the 1920’s all the way through the 1980’s, specializing in music for dancing and listening from all eras and styles.  Included in this music are Swing, Fox Trot, Cha Cha, Rumba, Tango, Samba, Mambo, Waltz, Polka, and light Rock and Roll.” 
Check out their website at www.dkorchestra.com.

Roadrunners at JohnE’s

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If you don’t want to come to the party at the “Y” there is always JohnE’s Cabaret. The Roadrunners will be back. They played on April 17th and were great. It is a real struggle deciding which to go to, I really liked this band.

This will be the last time they play before going back to cooler climes.