I'm here in Austin to attend the inaugural Austin Swing Dance Championships ("Keeping Austin Weird and Swinging") but came in a couple of days early to hang out with my good friend Mike and his husband, Timo. They treated me to an amazing tour on my arrival: lunch at the Oasis, then a walk up Bonnell Mountain, a visit to an amazing costume store, a stop for a treat at Amy's Ice Cream, a dance at the famous Continental Club, and we were just going to grab a beer somewhere and happenend upon a live performance by Marcia Ball!
It was my brother, Mike, who introduced me to her music years ago, and it was one of my first visit's to New York that my friend, Kathy took me to Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Centre where - again by chance - she was playing. I remember some jerk asking me to dance and I found him impossible to follow. When the song ended he asked in a disgusted tone "Don't you West Coast?". At the time, I didn't - and I pretty much decided then and there that I didn't want to have anything to do with a dance that attracted such rude and igorant people.
My how times have changed! Marcia was awesome, as always, and Mike and I got up to dance (me in my flip flops) - West Coast Swing :)
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