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Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 2:29:01 AM

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Dance.....literal or figurative....
up to four images
now get moving....

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 6:31:16 AM

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Punny Simon, punny! Great topic!

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 6:48:32 AM

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4,000 shots and not a one... <creativity needed here>

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 8:18:09 AM

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OHH...... I have Dance!!!!!!

This photograph was taken at the Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth Minnesota. Bayfront Blues is a 4 day festival of nonstop blues from morning till night and while the music is winding down, some of the participants seem to be winding up still. The man in the photograph is someone I have seen dancing at the festival every year, from the beginning to the end of each day. Even though the crowd can be as large as 25,000 people, you can usually spot him in his tye dye outfit, wildly dancing among the crowd. For years, he would carry his own dance floor square with him but I don't know what happened with that.

The Sunday night in question, I found myself sitting just chairs away from the wild dancing man. He had quite the group of friends dancing with him who had as much energy as he, so I couldn't help but grab my camera and try to capture the moment. For most of the rest of us, after 4 days and nights, our energy was waning. These people had energy to spare, you can see it in the air!

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 8:24:42 AM

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 8:54:18 AM

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For dancing, you must have music. I often joke with friends that the reason I needed two hip replacements was because of the many nights of wild dancing I put in back in the day.

Well then...one person to blame for this would be Kim Wilson from the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Kim is the greatest harp player in the world and seeing him dancing across the stage while hammering out some blues harmonica has the same effect on me even now, as it did 20 years ago...

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 9:15:49 AM

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I took this old scanned photo on the beach in Negril Jamaica about 10 years ago. This guy would wander the beach each day wearing a crazy outfit and a sandwich board while shouting out news of where the music would be, as the venues changed each evening. This is the Jamaica I fell in love with. I haven't seen the sandwich board guy in some years, but things have changed with the advent of the internet. Nowadays you can fnd out who's playing where from inside your compound.

Some of us take our dancing very seriously. Some of us go so far as to import our own band from the states and bring them to Negril with us! Of course, this took a lot of advance planning to get bookings and advertise and such, but the result was so worth it!

There we were, dancing under the stars in our favorite getaway, listening to the croonings of Michael Scott of the Ark Band. It felt magical...

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 9:28:45 AM

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oops

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 9:53:20 AM

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oops

ROFL! Steph, I think you overshot but I love it all!

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 10:00:27 AM

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This is my oldest gr'daughter on her 4th b'day in her new tutu. She had danced & posed for multiple shots, then I caught her unaware gazing out the window. Made a great ref shot for this painting. 18"x24" oil

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 10:38:43 AM

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quote:

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oops

ROFL! Steph, I think you overshot but I love it all!

Thanks Robin! Actually...I had a mysterious window open that Ihadn't noticed. Then when I was posting in the photography forum, the posted ended up here! So, I deleted it.

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 1:21:14 PM

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love your enthusiasm, Steph....

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 1:25:39 PM

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quote:

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literal or figurative....
up to four images

LOL! Her 6 entries is the "figurative" form of 4 entries...........

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 3:05:06 PM

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literal or figurative....
up to four images
LOL! Her 6 entries is the "figurative" form of 4 entries...........

OOPS! I was having my morning coffee. I'll go get rid of two!

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 3:07:26 PM

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/17/2008 7:33:59 PM

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hey, super so far, great topic Lauren!

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/18/2008 7:22:50 AM

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/18/2008 8:57:33 AM

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My niece and nephew:

Terrible photograph of the painting but the only one I have!

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/18/2008 1:37:28 PM

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RE: Simon Sez....shall we Dance? - 11/23/2008 12:02:48 AM

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These are all wonderful.

Do I remember something about Simon being a belly dancer?

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