It was so entertaining when the boogie started to roll, I heard somebody say "Burn baby burn, disco inferno". Not really - it was more of a rock and roll 70's party - not disco. Nonetheless that's the song I had stuck in my head all week, in anticipation of "That 70's Party" at the Val Air Ballroom in DM Saturday night.
Ten of us from Creston (due to recent negative publicity, we avoided telling anyone where we were from) attended the big event - a fundraiser for several children's charities. It ended up being fairly pricey - I thought the food was included in the $25 ticket price, but it was a separate fee. Beers were $5 too. Oh what the hell - it was for a good cause and we don't party in DM too often!
We got there early - we're old. In our defense, the info said it started at 6:3o, so we got there a little after that. It was fun seeing people drive up in their lime green VW van - the driver had an awesome afro and platform shoes and his gal had a cool 1 piece jumpsuit (and had quite the abs I must say). Deb dressed the most retro of our group with her polyester shirt tied at the waist and a tank (almost a tube top), underneath.
We snagged a table and had a bit of food. Our group included Pat and Susan [their significant others declined this awesome event - Susan's sweetie prolly doesn't remember the 70's - haha he's young but not quite that young...], Deb and Larry, Bobbie and Jeff and Diana and Don. Plus my honey Pablo the Poolboy and me. Fun group!
Then we people-watched. Lots of folks came in dressed to the 9's in 70's garb. One chick (Pat later learned, by using her Law and Order questioning tactics, that the chick is 40 years old) was in a Dream of Jeannie outfit. The guys were drooling. Sproing (the noise she made when she did magic). Some guys had great wigs and outfits, sideburns and all. Other people went more with the hippy look.
We drank and danced. And talked about cars we had - Pinto, Mustangs, VWs, Torinos. Beer we drank - Olympia, Hamms, PBR, Old Milwaukee, Old Style, Coors, Red White and Blue and more. We reminisced of hair styles, clothes and music. There was a cool slide show during the event with pics from the 70's - Farrah Fawcet, Doors, The Godfather.
The band - Boomerang was excellent! They could do the Stones, Doobies, Steely Dan and more. I forgot how hard some of those 70's tunes were to dance to. But we managed. After 10, when the band took a break, we decided to head to downtown DM to see what was happening. While I'm in DM a lot, I don't get out on the town.
We went to Highlife Lounge near Court Ave. - it's right out of the 60's. In fact it's much like the Eagles Club in Creston! We drank 6 oz. Miller High Life beers, followed by a dessert slippery nipple shot. Designated drivers Don and Deb got free pop. We were home by 1:30 a.m. or so. My poolboy drank more beer than he has in quite some time. Of course I got another migraine - even though I didn't even drink that much. But it was worth it!
We had a bitchin' good time!
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