The Racing Gets Serious (Page Three)
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Theme: "Run For The Roses"
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But First... Important Announcements
"Ladies and Gentlemen... If we may...."
We have guests....
All eyes are cast upon the fearless leaders....
Who amongst us are guests?
Guest of Charles Jarai
Jean and Angela Blondeau
Margie and Al Lebovitz
J. Paul and Jeanine Zimmerman
Did You Know? - The biggest underdog winner of the Kentucky Derby is a horse Disney has never made a movie about: Donerail. He was a 91-1 shot to win in 1913, but he won the race by half a length. That means anyone who placed a $2 bet got a $184.90 payout…which was a lot of money in 1913.
"Dear.... You brought the 'naughty or nice list'! Should I read it??"
Our dance directors explain how to determine who gets the centerpieces
Open the envelope please
... Draw the name of a horse....
The winner was "California Chrome"
Checking their slips and checking them twice....
Ladies and gentlemen, to the center of the track
The hats were marvelous this evening....
Wyatt had a great selection of mixer music including "Camptown Races"
Did You Know? - "Gwine to Run All Night, or De Camptown Races" (popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864).
He also wrote: My Old Kentucky Home (1853),
Oh! Susanna (1848),
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (1851),
Beautiful Dreamer (1864),
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1854) and
Old Black Joe (1853)
What a beautiful dance floor (oops! Race Track!)
Only a few more furlongs to go!
Did You Know? - A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. Using the internationally accepted conversion ratio that one inch equals exactly 25.4 millimetres, one furlong is 201.168 metres. However, the United States does not uniformly use this conversion ratio.
The name furlong derives from the Old English words furh (furrow) and lang (long). Dating back at least to early Anglo-Saxon times, it originally referred to the length of the furrow in one acre of a ploughed open field (a medieval communal field which was divided into strips).
The system of long furrows arose because turning a team of oxen pulling a heavy plough was difficult. This offset the drainage advantages of short furrows and meant furrows were made as long as possible. An acre is an area that is one furlong long and one chain (66 feet or 22 yards) wide.
For this reason, the furlong was once also called an acre's length, though in modern usage an area of one acre can be of any shape. The term furlong, or shot, was also used to describe a grouping of adjacent strips within an open field.
Circle the ladies... We are ready for the next race
Around and around we go....
Running... Trotting.... Galluping.... We see it all!
One more time....
Remember... do not stop too fast!!
Back To The Dance
What??? Paul and Elaine leaving the track early????
Gary and Marion will carry on
Wyatt has again done his homework....
Most songs tie in to horse racing somehow...
Between dances we still get some serious visiting time
Paul must be studying the horses in order to place his next bet
Our servers are Brian and Gabriel
NOTE: Brian (left) is graduating from USC in June!!!
Break Time
Barbara and Mike Shields tell us about the next dance in
July and the dress code is casual... With a Hawaiian flair?
"M-m-m-m-m-m-m Hawaiian casual??"
They already have it planned....
Grass skirts and aloha shirts
We are about to be entertained by Wyatt....
Wyatt needed a source of light....
Great evening with great friends
We needed to see the bonnet up close
We raced for the roses and won!
Angel is looking good
Ben... Not so much
We will have to think about this one...
To the floor for the last dance....
Bill and Darlene show us how it is done
"Follow me dear...."
"Are you sure it is right or is it left?"
Outstanding music all evening....
Darlene seems to be having a feather problem.... What to do??
A small breath of air in the right direction and voila.... Problem solved
Song: Tenessee Stud
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907–July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was a prolific American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians.
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Theme: "Run For The Roses"
Page 1 - Meet and Greet | Page 2 - Who Was Here? Page 3 - Serious Dancing | Page 4 Comic View |
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