Cool - very cool. Any chance that your husband will post the photos from
the evening somewhere that us homebodies will be able to get a peek?
MEK
Denise Dalphond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/28/2007 09:56:36 PM:
> It was F-ing fantastic! Tons of local skaters from Detroit - almost
> everyone on the rink was amazing. Some professional skaters from
> Chicago, Ohio, Florida, and Ontario were there - really cool to watch.
> There was a skating competition at around 3AM that these skating crews
> participated in. It was not as crowded as I expected, although the
> rink was pretty full most of the night. It seemed like the DEMF folks
> who came were either already into skating and had on their tiny shorts
> and knee socks or were just a cooky few who wanted to check out the
> party and have some good food (that includes my husband and me!). And
> the food was delicious - they were serving it up for at least 45
> minutes - there was so much.
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> Kenny Dixon played some old R&B (Shotgun, Curtis Mayfield, etc.), 80's
> Michael Jackson, some important techno tracks (Sharivari - great to
> skate to!). I almost didn't get to skate - I'm 5 months pregnant and
> the woman handing out skates totally did not want to let me get on the
> rink. But I was able to convince her. The skaters were fast and
> smooth and zooming around me, dancing the whole time. My husband
> decided to sit it out with his purple cast on his broken arm. He spent
> the evening taking photos of all the skaters - he's a photographer.
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> After spending most of the afternoon and evening at DEMF with my big
> pregnant belly in the chilly rain, I was not sure I was up for anything
> more than our hotel room. But I could have kept on skating well past
> 4AM, it was so great.
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> Definitely satisfied! Hope it happens again.
>
> Enjoying all the reports. Hope you all had a good weekend like we did!
>
> Denise
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> Denise MM Dalphond
> Assistant Instructor, Motown
> Graduate Assistant, Liberia Collections Project
> Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology
> Indiana University
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