Strollerderby : dance party

Baby Loves Disco – Winners!

editors — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:37:00 GMT

So many rump shakers, so few discotheques . . . But Babble is sending the following readers out for an afternoon on the town at their local Baby Loves Disco. And, hello Minnesota! There are a zillion of you who entered our contest. Who knew how much you peeps in and around Minneapolis love to get your disco on? Here are the winning party people:

Saturday, September 6^th - Brooklyn

Renee R. and her daughter Julia; who’ll dance to anything.

Nivia R. and her daughter Isabella who likes to get down to Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff.”

Saturday, September 6^th- Minneapolis

Amber C. and her daughter Lily love to shake it to “Brick House.”

Tanya N.’s baby boy loves “In the Navy” even though daddy’s a Marine. Hmmm…sounds like they need to work it out on the dance floor.

Saturday, September 6^th - South Bay (Santa Clara, CA)

Sun L. will attend with her daughter who loves “Movin’ and Groovin’.”

Mike A. and family will get on the floor for “Jungle Boogie.”

Sunday, September 7^th - Philadelphia

Grace and her gal Laena “Loves the Night Life” and occasionally updates her moves with “So Fresh, So Clean.”

Nicole J.’s son digs Parliament’s “Flashlight.”

Sunday, September 7^th - San Diego

Alyson S. and family are all fans of the “Car Wash.”

Kristen P. and Caroline (who is learning the motions to YMCA).

Saturday, September 13^th - Washington, DC

Sarah M.’s 4-year-old also loves “Car Wash” and her 5-month-old is hip to “Heart of Glass.”

Jean H.’s kid loves Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park”, and so do we.

Saturday, September 13^th - Montclair, New Jersey

Sharon W. will get her son to do the monkey in Montclair.

Melissa D and Dereck will be shaking it to “Boogie Oogie Oogie.”

Sunday, September 14^th - Chicago

Irma R will take her son Daniel, who loves “Low Rider”, “Disco Inferno”, “Boogie Nights” and “YMCA.” Yeah, he’s ready to cut a rug.

Marta K.’s 3-year-old gets down with “You Should Be Dancing” and her 2-year-old can do a perfect robot. Check ‘em out Chicago!

School Holds First Integrated Prom; Yes, It's the 21st Century

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:54:00 GMT

Growing up in Northern California has made me soft. I think there's even a song about the condition. Thankfully it didn't make me stupid. Or ignorant. Or downright D-U-M. Like these kids. And their parents.

And don't even come at me with "It's the South; it's tradition." It's the 21st Century. It's moronic that anyone would let this go on as long as it has. Yes, you read the headline correctly. A high school in Georgia held its first "united" prom, with white and black kids dancing together and, gasp, holding hands!

Said one moron about the segregated prom tradition of the way yonder past, meaning 2006: "There was not anybody that I can remember that was black," she said. "The white people have theirs, and the black people have theirs. It's nothing racial at all."

Uh huh. Look, I'm happy to see an integrated prom has finally taken place. Kudos to the kids who finally got their heads out of their ... binders. Still, an all-white prom was held a week before, so I'm not so sure race relations in bumbleweed are as great as they so obviously sound. I'd like to say at least it's a start -- but it's scary to think they're just starting.

Baby Loves Disco: The Family-Friendly Dance Party is in Full-Swing for Spring

Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:01:00 GMT

The Baby Loves Disco dance party phenomenon is sweeping the nation, and chances are, if you live in a big city and have kids, you've heard parents extolling its groovin' music, breastfeeding-friendly "chill-out zones," and organic snacks. If not? Click here.

This weekend, Baby Loves Disco heads south to kick off their Atlanta shindig at the Loft where there are plenty of tickets available. The rain in the Pacific Northwest can't stop (won't stop) the music. The shows in Portland and Seattle are sold out this weekend, but if you feel like road trippin', there are still tickets available for the San Francisco event on Saturday at Ruby Skye. Get 'em while they're hot!

See you at the disco! No, really! I'm goin'! Cuz there's nothing I love more than wrangling two kids hopped up on juice boxes dancing with scarves when they should be napping. No whining, baby. No whining on the dance floor...