Our 2nd Annual Dance Derby Fundraiser Spectacular!
CONGRATULATIONS TO GRAND PRIZE WINNER
VICTOR HUGO SALCEDO aka “Shirt & Tie Guy”
Big thanks to all 200+ of you who attended.
(click HERE for trailer)
This isn’t a game of win or die, and definitely not a test of technical ability.
It’s a big dance party for everyone, with prizes.
Help raise funds for the annual award,
quarterly shows, and newest show location!
DANCE DERBY is SATURDAY MAY 10
Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia St. (at Elston), Chicago
10 PM, $10 door donation, 21+over
Kick off the night at 10 PM with live music from
YVES FRANCOIS et ROCAMBU JAZZ
Lively, highly danceable retro-Afro-Cuban Caribbean music from 1900s-1950s Congo, Cuba, Puerto Rico, France, Martinique and Northern Africa. “New Orleans trumpets growl while clarinets swoon under palm trees of the Caribbean! Guitars make a web of koras and thumb piano-like sound while drummers bring New Orleans back home to Africa.”
AND THEN! Josh Abrams, Dave Fischoff, & Ben Marcus
will spin an eye-popping variety of Pop, Funk, Soul, Disco, Afro-Pop, & Tropical bootyjams all night.
Derby Judges DAN RYBICKY, MIA PARK, & THEASTER GATES
will lead dancers through the “endurance segment” (don’t worry, it’s not that long) and “heartbreak round”. This is not about skill!
It’s about gumption, tenacity, and giving it all you’ve got.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER walks away with tons of prizes, including:
a brand-new pair of white Chuck Taylors, donated by STRANGE CARGO,
to be turned over to CHRIS UPHUES for custom, one-of-a-kind artwork
PLUS $25 gift certificate from AMERICAN APPAREL and
a FILM BRIGADE Season Pass, among many other prizes.
WE THANK THE FOLLOWING FOLKS FOR DONATIONS TO THE EVENT:
Strange Cargo
Drag City
Numero Group
Chris Uphues
Piece
American Apparel
Aay Preston-Myint
Andrea Fritsch & Golden Age
The Bird Machine
Click here for photos of the first Derby
