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Hello, everyone.

Welcome to KQED Live.

I am your host, Tracy Bartlow.

Thank you for this opportunity.

(people cheering) I thank you for this opportunity to share my passion of documenting and preserving black dance and culture.

Tonight, we are gonna have a dance party, (people cheering) and we're going to move through different eras of the black dance experience.

I curated three eras to share with you, and these eras come from the perspective of coming of age, when you're a teenager, moving into your adult years.

So I'm looking at the coming of age story of my grandparents from the 1920s and '30s, and then I'm going to my parents coming of age, with rhythm and blues from the 1950s and the 1960s.

And then, finally, my own coming of age story, from the 1970s and '80s.

(people cheering) Now, this is a participatory experience.

It's a party, y'all.

(people laughing) So the party's gonna go down like this.

I'll talk a little bit about the era.

I'll show you some dance steps.

You'll come out on the dance floor.

I'll show you some dance steps, and then we'll practice them to music.

So we'll go through different eras like that, a little talking, show you some dance steps, practice it to music.

And at the end, I'm just gonna play some music, you all can fill up on the dance floor, and just dance, and party, and celebrate Black History Month.

(people cheering) So the first era is the jazz age, the 1920s, and the Harlem Renaissance.

This era was very special for African American people, as there was a shift that was happening.

The shift was the great migration, where African Americans were leaving these oppressive conditions in the South, and moving to northern cities like Chicago, and New York to find a better life, and in hopes of more opportunities.

So when I look at the dances from this era, they feel like liberation to me.

So if you think about having this opportunity to be fully actualized, an opportunity to use your God-given talent, and skill, and take it as far as you possibly could go, and how this shift in consciousness brought about a new self-awareness, and self love, and empowerment.

And so all of this energy of this shift, and this new found self-love, and empowerment, baby, it comes out in the dances.

And honey, they were feeling liberation.

(people cheering) So I would like to invite you all to come out on the dance floor.

I love the way this room is set up.

Yes, please come on out.

I love the way the room is set up, because you could sit down and watch, or you can get up and dance.

So if you ever get tired and you wanna just sit and watch, you're welcome to just sit and watch.

So here are some of the party dances from the 1920s.

It's so good to see so many people here, so many folks in the house.

(people cheering) So the first dance we're gonna do is called Boogie Back.

And it goes like this.

(snaps) When you boogie up, I like your hands to be in the air, and your hips kind of go from side to side.

Hey.

And I love it has this little sway, like you don't have a care in the world.

Sometimes, I'll Boogie Back with the little jump, like this.

(everyone clapping) Yes.

You can also boogie up with a cool walk.

Step, step, step, step.

Yes, yes.

Ooh, I'm feeling that.

Okay, you are giving me a cool walk.

And what's really incredible is that the term cool was coined during the Harlem Renaissance.

So, baby, if you think about being coldest ice.

Yes, it's all about that swag and that vibe.

The next dance I would like to share with you, is called the mess around.

(everyone laughing) The mess around, you're gonna have some space between your feet, and I like for you to just bend your knees, and do a nice easy bounce.

So let's see if we could bounce together.

Like bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce.

Yes.

Oh, I'm feeling the room is bouncing, yes.

And then you're gonna take your bounce, and make a circle.

Bounce and make a circle.

That's the mess around, hey.

Yes.

You can even reverse other way.

Bounce.

Bounce.

Yes.

Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce.

Beautiful.

(people cheering) So another step is the Shorty George.

And it's named after a actual person, who was less than five feet tall, George Snowden, he was a very famous dancer in the 1920s.

And his dance, okay, the comedy is, he would make himself look shorter by going like this.

So the Shorty George, you're gonna make like this diagonal with your arms and your shoulders and your knees, and you just go in different directions.

Yes.

You can also walk with the Shorty George, like this.

(people laughing) Yes.

I love how y'all are using the space.

This is awesome.

So another dance that was named after a person, is called the Tacky Annie.

And they say Tacky Annie was a showgirl.

And you know how when the line is going off the stage and then that last person on stage, they may hit a little move before they go into the curtains?

This is the move that she did.

(snaps) Yes.

Nice, uh-huh.

Let's try it again.

Let's all go to your right.

Step, touch, step, touch, step, touch, step, touch, step, touch, step, touch, step, touch, step, touch.

Awesome.

Now, there's a little, a little something that goes with the Tacky Annie, and it happens on the count and eight.

And what you'll do, is you'll step, and eight.

So if I count one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One.

Nice.

Three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Nice.

So, after the and eight, then you take this step.

Okay, let's try it.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Touch, touch.

Four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Let's see, I wanna go and eight, touch.

Three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Touch.

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Okay, let's do that to music.

(people cheering and chattering) We'll take it nice and easy to start, then we'll speed it up.

(upbeat music) (Tracy snapping) We're gonna start with the boogie back.

Here we go.

Boogie up.

Yes.

Beautiful.

I love it.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

Let's do a little jump with the boogie back.

Yes.

Take your cool walk forward.

Uh-huh.

Mess around.

Hey.

Oh, other way.

Circle.

Yes.

Good.

Hey.

Let's start with the Tacky Annie.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

One, two, three, four.

Good.

Now let's do the rock.

Five, six, seven, and eight.

Rock.

Three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Very nice.

And now, the Shorty George.

One, two, four.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, one, two, three, four.

Let's take it up, and boogie back.

Boogie up.

Mess around.

Yes.

Other way.

Tacky Annie.

Beautiful.

This is a new step.

You're gonna make a circle with your knees.

Yes.

You can go to your right.

Yes.

Yes.

Boogie up.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

I love it.

Boogie back.

Mess around.

Hey.

(people cheering and clapping) Nice.

I love it.

There is some really good energy in this room.

(upbeat music) We're gonna start with the ballin' the Jack.

So do one and two.

Fast, slow, fast, slow.

Fast, slow.

Let's boogie back.

Boogie up.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

Mess around.

Hey.

Other way.

Beautiful.

Tacky Annie.

Let's count first.

Five, six, seven.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

Yes.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Touch.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

I love it.

Let's just do the step to the side without the and eight.

Now, let's do the Charleston.

Now, twist your feet.

Or you could just go front and back.

Fall off the log.

(everyone clapping) Apple Jack.

(Tracy shouting) Boogie up.

Mess around.

(people cheering and clapping) Good job, everyone.

Also from the 1920s is the Lindy Hop innovation.

It started at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem.

And Lindy Hop is the original term for swing dance.

And what's incredible is this is a dance that happened 100 years ago.

And even today, there's swing dance in Lindy Hop communities, in major cities worldwide, even in some remote places.

Here, in the Bay area, there is a long standing tradition of swing dance, weekly events, competitions, dance conferences, as well as in these major cities, and communities worldwide.

Somebody is having a weekly party, a dance conference, and annual conference, and even competitions, and battles.

I personally have been to Lindy Hop events in Seattle, Texas, DC area, New York, Montreal.

I know swing dancers in Mozambique, in Brazil, in Japan, in London.

It is an international thing that is still happening today.

And it began in the 1920s in Harlem, New York City.

Now I'm going to share with you two of the pioneers from Lindy Hop.

First, is George Snowden, Shorty George.

He was in the first generation of Lindy Hoppers.

There's a video clip that we'll play later, and it's Shorty George with his partner, Big Bea.

If he was like barely five feet, she was like 5'11".

(people exclaiming) And they danced very well together.

So first generation Lindy Hoppers was Shorty George, is one of the pioneers.

And the other generation is this man with that big old smile, Frankie Manning.

And Frankie Manning, his innovations in Lindy Hop are the air steps.

So you see how he's throwing the girl over his back?

It looks like they're landing out of a air step.

Frankie MannING is the person that took it to the air.

And there's an incredible scene that you can find on YouTube from a film called "Hellzapoppin'."

And it's shared a lot online.

And, baby, they are dancing Lindy hop at a high, fast pace, and high flying in the air.

We're not gonna do any of that today.

(people laughing) We're just gonna do the basics of a swing out, a basic swing out.

And the rhythm is step, step, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step, one, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

So, whatever you do, keep that rhythm with your feet.

And I would like for, this is a partner dance.

So I would like for you to find a partner, and come out on the floor.

Quai, can you assist me with this?

(people chattering) Unless Janelle wants to.

(Tracy laughing) Okay.

So you can move forward.

Can some people move forward, so you have a little more space on the floor?

So face your partner.

And the partner on my side, you will be a lead.

The partner on Quai's side will be the follow.

The people on my side, you will start, you will dance on your left, and the people on this side will start on your right.

So let me just set this down.

You asked your partner to dance with your left hand.

They put their right in your left, And you're going to do what's called a rock step on that one, two.

So you go one.

So you go back.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

So when you come in for the triple step, I'm gonna put my hand on her waist, and her hand is gonna be on my shoulder.

So we go one, two, triple step, step, step.

And stay together, then come apart, and together.

Step, step, triple step, one, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Now with this right hand that's on her waist, this hand, you're going to guide her.

And, for now, we're just gonna do a half circle, (people chattering) and then again back to where you started.

Yes, let's try that again.

This hand is on her waist.

You're gonna pull her around to a half circle, and then once again into another half circle.

So I'd like for you to just watch.

We're gonna go one, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Okay, let's try that.

One, two, here we go.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step, one, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Again, one, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Fantastic.

(everyone clapping) Now, we're going to do a full circle now, and just watch.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, step, step.

Let me do it again.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Let's try it together.

Everyone.

One, two, here we go.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Just make a circle.

One, two, triple step.

(people chattering) Let's try it again.

Five, six.

Here we go.

One, two, triple step, step, step, again.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

All right, how you feeling, you feeling good?

Yes, yes, yes.

(people cheering) So understand that this is the very, very basic of it (people laughing) and there's a lot of nuances that I just don't have time to share tonight, but I just wanted to give you a feel of what that's like.

So we're gonna try to music.

(people laughing) So let's put a little drill together.

We'll do two in place, two half turns, and two full turns.

So it'll look like this in place.

(vocalizes) (people cheering) Okay?

So I'll put on a a song that's a little slow.

(upbeat music) Before we start, I'm just gonna sing the rhythm.

Listen.

(vocalizes) Step, step, triple step, step, step, triple step.

Yes.

Step, triple step, step, step, triple step, step, step, triple step, step, step.

Very good, yes, all right.

Offer your partner, your hand.

And now let's go.

Two in place.

We're going.

On my shoulder.

Two half turns.

Full turn.

Check this out.

Boogie back.

(people chattering) Boogie up.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

Boogie back.

Now let's do the drill again.

One, two, triple step, step, step, triple step.

One, two, triple step, on my shoulder.

Half turn.

Full turn.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

Do the ballin' the jack.

Boogie back.

Boogie up.

Boogie back.

Shorty George going up.

Mess around.

Offer your partner your hand.

Let's do the drill.

One, two, triple step.

One, two, triple step, half turn.

Half turn.

Full turn.

Boogie back.

Mess around.

Hey.

Other way.

Tacky Annie.

(everyone snapping) (people cheering and clapping) (Tracy laughing) show yourself some love.

Moving on through time.

Let's go into the next era.

Both of my parents were born in 1940.

So by the 1950s and '60s, they were teenagers and young adults.

My father was born here, in the Bay Area, and my mother was born in Texas.

The picture you saw earlier was her father.

Story goes, around 1959, my mother was barely 20 years old, and actually, my parents, my mother's family, moved from Texas to San Luis Obispo, California.

And the story goes around 1959, my mother, barely 20 years old, along with her older sister, my aunt, Louise, they would take the Amtrak train from San Luis Obispo up to Oakland, (people exclaiming) get off at the 16th street station, and experience the nightclubs, like Slim Jenkins Supper Club and The Continental.

There were cousins and other family friends that also lived in the area, and they would also frequent clubs in Berkeley, and San Francisco.

Now, my parents, this is a picture of my parents in 1964, all dressed up.

And then this is another picture of my parents in 2002.

(people exclaiming) (Tracy laughing) So they met at San Pablo Park in Berkeley, dated, fell in love, and found that they shared a love of music and dance.

So I'm gonna share with you some of the dances that I saw as a child that were the party dances that my parents did in the 1950s, in the 1960s.

Okay.

Twine time, that was the dance.

Sometimes people call it twine, the twine, but there's a song called "Twine Time."

And twine goes like this.

(snaps) I like the twine, because you can also go down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up.

Now the Madison is a line dance, and it's a whole routine.

But the very first step of the Madison is kind of like the twine, down, up.

And then you cross, cross.

So it goes down, cross, cross.

Let me count it off right.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Yes, the Madison.

There was the jerk.

(exhales) I have to pause for a moment.

It is so wonderful seeing elderly people be like, "Yeah, that was my step."

I'm feeling you.

It's so beautiful to see people have this memory of like, "Yeah, these were the dances that we did in our day."

So the jerk has a nice fun little snap to it.

You can jerk, (snaps), and even go side to side.

(exhales) You can even jerk with a little circle.

(people laughing) There's the twist, the twist.

You can go low, you can come up on one leg, you can twist to the other side.

Come up on that one leg.

Also, a variation of the twist is you can make a circle with your hips this way.

So let's say if you went slow.

Two, three, four.

Then you can go faster.

And then in the go-go days, they would go triple time.

(people laughing) So if you're feeling inspired, you can pick it up.

So the twist, and the pony.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

The Watusi is nice little shake of the hips.

(people clapping) And it also kind of looks like the swim.

(people exclaiming) And the backstroke.

(laughs) I'm loving all the smiles I'm seeing.

(people laughing) And then there's the deep dive.

The monkey, and the mashed potatoes, which kind of looks like the Charleston.

So let's try all these dances from the 1950s, and the 1960s with the hit song "Twine Time."

Can you play that from the booth, please?

♪ It's Twine Time ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, ooh, ah - Nice.

Hey.

Down, up, down, up.

♪ It's Twine, baby - Let's do good.

Madison.

♪ Oh, but you're lookin' good, baby ♪ Just down and up.

And the jerk.

Twist.

Pony.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

One, two, three.

Watusi.

♪ Twine, baby - Monkey.

♪ Twine Mashed potatoes.

Back to the twine.

♪ Oh, have mercy, baby - [Tracy] He said, "Oh, have mercy, baby."

Down, up.

♪ Oh, do it - Do the twist.

♪ Twine, baby - And, pony.

♪ Oh, but you're lookin' good, baby ♪ - Let's swim ♪ Oh, let's twine - And do a deep dive.

(people cheering) Nice.

I'm gonna wet my whistle.

Before we go to the next era, let's do all those songs too, all those dances to a faster song.

Can you play, "C'mon and Swim," from the booth?

♪ C'mon everybody - All right, get ready.

♪ C'mon in ♪ Bobby's gonna show you how to do the swim ♪ (upbeat music) - [Tracy] Yes.

Hey, take it down.

♪ Kinda like the monkey, kinda like the twist ♪ ♪ Pretend you're in the water, and you go like this ♪ - Swim.

♪ Now baby, swim ♪ Baby, do the swim - Pony.

♪ Just like the dog, ♪ But not so low ♪ Like the Hully Gully, but not so slow ♪ ♪ Now baby, swim, baby, do the Swim ♪ ♪ Do what you wanna, do like you wish ♪ ♪ C'mon baby now and swim like a fish ♪ - Backstroke.

♪ Now baby, swim ♪ Baby, come on in - Deep dive.

♪ Shake it up, baby ♪ Twist and shout ♪ Now do The Swim, baby, now, work it on out ♪ ♪ Now baby, swim - Twist.

♪ Baby, do the swim - Pony.

♪ Do what you wanna ♪ It's alright ♪ 'Cause Bobby's gonna show you how to swim tonight ♪ - Watusi.

♪ Now, baby, swim - [Tracy] Swim.

♪ C'mon baby, I want you to swim ♪ - [Tracy] Twine.

I see y'all in the back.

(laughs) ♪ Now do the backstroke - Backstroke ♪ Oh yeah, kinda like the monkey.

♪ ♪ Kinda like the twist ♪ Pretend you're in the water, and you like this ♪ ♪ Now baby, swim ♪ Baby, do the swim - [Tracy] Let's do the twist one more time.

♪ Just like the dog, but not so low ♪ ♪ Like the Hully Gully, but not so slow ♪ ♪ Now, baby, swim - Pony.

♪ Baby, do the swim - Now let's just- ♪ Do what you wanna ♪ Or do like you wish - Swim.

♪ C'mon, baby, now and swim like a fish ♪ ♪ Now, baby, swim ♪ Baby, come on in ♪ Shake it up, baby, twist and shout ♪ ♪ Do the swim, baby, now work it on out ♪ ♪ Now, baby, swim ♪ Baby, do the swim ♪ Do what you wanna ♪ It's all right - Oh, the jerk.

♪ 'Cause Bobby's gonna do the swim for you tonight ♪ ♪ Now baby, swim ♪ C'mon, baby ♪ Oh yeah, we're gonna swim tonight ♪ ♪ I want you to do the dog paddle ♪ ♪ I want you to bend your arms way out now ♪ ♪ Now, baby, do the backstroke ♪ Oh yeah, oh yeah, c'mon, baby, now ♪ ♪ I want you to do the swim - Nice.

Deep dive all the way down.

(people cheering) Ooh.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I am feeling your energy.

(people chattering) Y'all are really doing it.

All right, we have one more era to explore.

This is my coming of age, P-Funk, Funkadelic.

(people cheering and chattering) James Brown.

Now I was born in 1965.

(people cheering) And there were things happening in America, socially, it was actually another shift that was happening in the 1960s.

Sometimes, they were referred to as the red summer, because there were uprisings and protests that were happening usually as a result, or it came to a head with some police brutality case.

But, baby, let me tell you, America was on fire.

There were uprisings in Watts, Chicago, New York, Newark.

In 1968, when Dr. King was assassinated, there were riots and protests all over, uprisings all over the country.

So these are things that were happening in the background while I was a toddler, while I was a child.

And even though my parents did their best to shield me and my siblings from what was happening, I feel like the spirit of revolution is just embedded in my psyche, and it is present in the work that I do, even today.

So this this era of the '70s, you know, it came out of this, you know, the funk revolution.

You know, it was a change in music.

And funk had a more grittier sound than rhythm and blues, and soul.

And the '70s also brought about the birth of hip-hop.

So I'd like to share with you some of the dances that I did as a child.

And I'm actually gonna cue up my song before I show you some steps.

The first dance that we're going to do is the breakdown.

(people cheering) Hey, and the breakdown looks like this.

(hums) Ah, ah, yes.

Da, da, da, da, da, da, da.

You have the four corners.

This is called the funky robot.

While I'm facing this way, I'm gonna do the four corners.

You also have the bump.

And if you have your partner close by your hips touch, bump.

Yes.

So you can go bump, and then the other side.

Bump your partner on the other side.

Yeah, y'all better get it.

Come on, y'all better get it right down in the front.

Camel walk.

So we'll try those to music.

This is one of my favorite songs by Curtis Mayfield.

This came out in 1971, and this song is called "Get Down."

(people cheering and exclaiming) (artists breathing and shouting) (upbeat music) (everyone clapping) ♪ All right - Let's start with the Breakdown, let's go.

(Tracy laughing) I see you, my Libra sister.

Let 'em know.

Yes.

Oh, I feel this.

♪ All right - Four corners.

Hey, that's right.

Let's do the bump.

Camel walk.

♪ Get down, baby ♪ To the funky, funky, funky groove ♪ ♪ Get down, baby ♪ Let the light reflect upon your natural mood ♪ - Actually.

♪ Get down, baby - This was in 1971.

I'm sure somebody was still doing the jerk.

♪ Get down, baby ♪ After life and desire there is nothing left ♪ - [Tracy] Back to the breakdown We're all children of this world.

♪ A hungry man in search for a hungry girl ♪ ♪ It's strange, so plain we're all cannibal ♪ - [Tracy] Four corners.

♪ The most wasted and two faced of all animals ♪ ♪ Get down ♪ Get down - Camel walk.

♪ Get down ♪ Get down ♪ Take my soul, baby ♪ When you reel I can feel so much desire ♪ ♪ Take my soul, baby - Alright, very good.

I would like to do just a few more steps, because we are moving on in time as well.

Now, the birth of hip hop (people cheering) 1970s.

As you all know, we are now celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop.

(people clapping and cheering) 1973, Bronx, New York, there was a legendary house party that set it off.

People are now starting to understand that there are some innovations to hip hop culture that happened in California.

Okay?

So New York has the DJing, graffiti, rapping, beatboxing.

And when it comes to dance, they have the top rock, or what they call rocking, and onto the floor, with the floor working, the spins, and all the stunts, and break dancing.

But when it comes to boogaloo, that's Oakland.

Roboting, they call them Richmond Robots.

There's even a style from San Francisco, called strutting from Los Angeles.

(people cheering) From Los Angeles, you got locking.

And Fresno, California, (people cheering) What?

(people laughing) (people chattering) You have from Fresno, California, one of the pioneers of poppin', Boogaloo Sam, and the leader of The Electric Boogaloos.

So from Northern California to Southern California, these are all innovations in the foundation of hip hop dance that started in our beautiful, lovely state.

(people laughing) So I'm gonna show you some of these early hip hop moves, just a few of 'em.

Worming, which is like these waves.

You also see it in different kinds of boogaloo illusions.

And then there's the creeping.

So I want you to think about, this is also part of like, boogaloo popping, and what the Oakland cats call bam it, because they tense up their muscles, and they make these hits.

So it's like bam, bam, bam, bam.

So it's like you tense up your muscles, and you make this sharp staccato move.

Bam, bam, bam, bam.

You can also take the creep.

So this is what we'll do with creeping.

You'll step forward and together, step forward, and together, step forward, and together.

Step forward, and together.

But you'll do it in a very staccato way like this.

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

When you go back, you kind of double it up like this.

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.

So then there's locking.

It was made famous by Rerun, a character on a sitcom called "What's Happening!!"

And Rerun was one of the original members of the lockers.

And this form of locking comes from a man named Don Campbell.

And he was living in LA and a "Soul Train" dancer at the time.

And they even called this Campbell locking.

So we'll do some of these steps to, can you play from the booth, "Mr.

Groove?"

♪ Please, Mr.

Groove - We gonna take it to the '80s.

♪ Won't you come back Just step to the side.

♪ Please, Mr.

Groove - [Tracy] Let's just get into this groove right here.

Hey, I see you, feeling it.

♪ Please, Mr.

Groove - Let's do the creep forward.

♪ Please, won't you come back - [Tracy] Yes, take it back.

♪ Please, won't you come back ♪ Let's get down and get it ♪ Let's go say you'll kick the beat ♪ ♪ Let's get down and get it, go, Mr.

Groove ♪ - [Tracy] Just do a nice easy step to the side.

♪ Let's get down and get it ♪ Let's go say you'll kick the beat ♪ - Very good, nice.

Thank you, DJ.

Thank you, Mr. sound man in the booth.

So now we have a little time to just dance.

(people cheering and clapping) You can have a seat, and watch the dance floor.

You can come out on the dance floor, and do your thing.

I'm gonna play a few songs, and there's also gonna be some really cool videos to watch.

So thank you for the instruction part of the class.

Let's dance a little bit.

(people cheering) (upbeat music) (people chattering) (everyone clapping) Dance with your partner.

Mess around.

Rick, will you swing out with me?

(dancer cheering)