Seattle Rueda

It is warm-ish and sunny in Seattle, and Casino on Cardboard is happening tonight! This is the kick-off to our Friday night dance parties on Alki beach. Come at 6 if you can help set up the dance floor; dancing will start around 7. We’re using the red boom box, so please bring Cuban music on CDs or MP3 players.

We’ll be on Alki Beach more or less in front of Duke’s, just west of the volleyball nets.

See you there!

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Hey Casineros, it is almost summer (according to the calendar anyway) and time to dance on the beach!  We still use Georgia’s title Casino on Cardboard, even though we now have a REAL dance floor, thanks to Nadja (and great fundraising by Eddie).

We plan to meet on Friday nights again, starting June 17th.  Our usual location is on the beach  more or less in front of Duke’s, just west of the vollyball nets. 

 Dance floor setup starts around 6:30, so come help if you can.  Dancing starts as soon as the music guys (Eddie and Jan) get there.  The park closes at 11, and if you still have energy to burn you can go out to the clubs afterward.  If it is really rainy we cancel, but cool and cloudy won’t stop us. 

See you all there!

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Thank you EVERYONE for showing up last night to dance and listen to the Supersones, and for supporting them with your enthusiasm and generosity!

It’s so totally amazing to me to listen and dance to the Supersones outdoors, in such a beautiful setting!

Two items were LEFT ON THE BEACH, both of which I have:
1. small-medium frame size prescription sunglasses, a green-ish, tortoise shell design is on the frames.

2. an old-style cylindrical 1-Liter opaque small-mouthed Nalgene water bottle.

Contact me at gianthoupis@yahoo.com if either of these are yours.

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Alki Casino on Cardboard with the Supersones is ON for tonight, 7 pm!

I’ll get to Alki a bit before 6 pm to set up the floors. If you are able and interested in coming down early, all set-up effort is helpful and appreciated!

(Please remember to bring some cash to add to our ‘pass the hat’ compensation effort for the band)

Looking forward to seeing you all down there.

ALSO:
News is that Mars will be the brightest in the night sky, tonight at 12:30 am, as the planet comes within 34.65M miles of Earth. It will look like the Earth has 2 moons.

So maybe pack up some warm clothes, if you want to stick around the beach, to sky-gaze, and catch this cool astronomical event!

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Hello all!

Please join us for our last Casino on Cardboard at Alki, FRIDAY, August 27th, 7 pm, with the awesome Supersones playing!
Please check this blog by 3 pm, Friday, for the last update, in case of a “rain out”.
See you at the beach!

The Alki Crew

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Weather is not as sunny and warm as last week, but it will be dry according to Weather.com http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/98102?dayNum=1

So bring yourselves on down for music and dancing.

And if I can have two people arrive by 6 pm to watch the floor as we unload, take floor to strip, and set up, that’d be fantastic!!

See you all there!
-The setup gang

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Seattle Casineros, if you’re looking outside and asking yourself whether dancing on Alki is happening tonight, the answer is a resounding YES!!
Because even though the weather looks iffy right now, it is suposed to go from mostly cloudy to mostly sunny later, according to: http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/98102?begHour=0&begDay=218

So, see you all at Alki in a few hours!

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¡Hola Casineros!

Tomorrow’s weather is looking good for dancing on Alki (last good one before Saturday showers), so I am posting a request for hands to help with setup tomorrow. It has been great having different people showing up at 6 to help these past Fridays, so hope to have it continue.

We will need at least two people to get there at 6 to help with setup tomorrow (and possibly hold a spot across from Duke’s). Jocelyn and I have the floor pieces in our trunk, and I also have the broom, squeegee, and Jan’s music box (thanks, Jan), which I’ll charge today so we have full power for tomorrow night. Will someone be bringing Eddie’s music box to hook them up for dual sound?

Jocelyn and I will need two people to help unload (watch while we park the car) the floor, and the afterwards we can all take the floor over to the sandy strip, as well as set up the floor.

Please email me or respond to this comment if you can get there by 6 at the latest.

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for another fun night of dancing on the beach!

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Hello everyone!!

I need some volunteers to arrive early at Alki to hold a spot across (or near) our usual spot. Jain and Christina, who did it before, are both on vacation for the next two weeks so we need someone to help in the meantime.

I have 1/2 of the floor in my car, and Ismael will bring the other half. I can prob arrive at the beach by 6, but not likely earlier. Anyone can get there by 5 or 5:30 so that they can keep an eye on the floor after I unload and go find a parking spot?

It is supposed to be a nice day tomorrow, the first truly nice day since we started Rueda on the beach at the beginning of June, so methinks lots of people will be at Alki, all the more reason to stake out a spot early.

Please respond to this post or email me so I know who to look out for.

Hope to see you all there!

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Hi fellow casineros,

We are cancelling tonight’s segment of Casino on Cardboard at Alki due to weather – forecast is for chance of rain, and it is not getting warmer. 

See you next week!

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