Dance a Day Celebration – March 19, 2011 – Day 115 – Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard, by Paul Simon

by Diane Rocha

Another from my San Diego to Vista commuter days. Great  salsa.

Matthew now plays this on the guitar.  The night we sang it together was memorable.  :  )

YouTube Link:  http://youtu.be/46Cfrl7hMoQ

Paul Simon

Dance a Day Celebration – March 18, 2011 – Day 114 – Perfidia, by Randy Spendlove – from Shall We Dance

by Diane Rocha

Rumba? Tango? Both? Improv?  Yes to all!  Lovely.

No YouTube Link.

Richard Gere and J Lo in Shall We Dance

Dance a Day Celebration – March 17, 2011 – Day 113 – In These Arms, by The Swell Season

by Diane Rocha

This is Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, aka The Swell Season.  Beautiful song – totally improv dance.

You Tube Link:  http://youtu.be/k2GN5seKRbs

Glen & Marketa

Dance a Day Celebration – March 16, 2011 – Day 112 – Last Tango in Paris, by The Gotan Project

by Diane Rocha

One of my all-time favorite tangos.

YouTube link: http://youtu.be/nvvh46t2jug

The Gotan Project

Dance a Day Celebration – March 15, 2011 – Day 111 – Labels or Love, by Fergie, from Sex and the City – The Movie

by Diane Rocha

I had no idea this was Fergie.  Love her!  Loved this song from the first time I heard it.  I remember dancing a great cha-cha to this with Russell at my friend Marcia’s house.

Another great cha-cha tonight.

Fergie

Dance a Day Celebration – March 14, 2011 – Day 110 – Last Tango, by Linda Eder

by Diane Rocha

This is actually a fabulous rumba – not a tango at all.  Great song. I first learned of Linda Eder during my days of commuting to Claremont Graduate School in the late ’90s.  I listened to the musical Jekyll and Hyde up and back twice a week for a year and a half.  Linda Eder played Lucy and sang so beautifully, that I bought several of her albums.  This is my favorite from those albums.

Linda Eder

Dance a Day Celebration – March 13, 2011 – Day 109 – Only a Fool Would Say That, by Steely Dan

by Diane Rocha

Okay.  I am nearly two months behind as I write this.  I have not missed a day of dance celebration, but my posts will be decidedly brief.

Great cha-cha.  Love Steely Dan; love this song.  Reminds me of the days when my kids and I would commute from San Diego to Vista – 4 years for me – 2 for them.  I’ll bet Matthew still remembers every turnoff on I-15 and Hwy. 78 between I-8 and Mar Vista Road.

YouTube Link:  http://youtu.be/1EsoOmLKsHM

Steely Dan

Dance a Day Celebration – March 12, 2011 – Day 108 – I Need Love, by Bonnie Raitt

by Diane Rocha

Can’t hit it out of the park every day.  This was a decent West Coast Swing.

 

No YouTube video for this one either.

 

 

 

Bonnie Raitt

 

Dance a Day Celebration – March 11, 2011 – Day 107 – Gravity, by Sara Barieles

by Diane Rocha

First time I heard this tune was on So You Think You Can Dance a couple of seasons ago.  It was an amazing dance choreographed by Mia Michaels, who is an outstanding choreographer.  The piece was about the paralyzing grip a drug can have on its unsuspecting victim.  Amazing. And oh, so powerful.

My dance was not quite that dramatic.  Total improv, and I loved doing it, but Mia has nothing to worry about.

YouTube Link to the dance from So You Think You Can Dance: http://youtu.be/_48OKZqYzHM

Kayla and Kupono

Dance a Day Celebration – March 10, 2011 – Day 106 – I Left My Heart in San Francisco, by Tony Bennett

by Diane Rocha

The year was 2000.  I had taken my lovely Cate on a spring break vacation to San Francisco.  I read somewhere that we could walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.  I suggested that to Cate, and she was game, so off we went.  It’s 1.7 miles one way – an easy and spectacular walk.  We had a great time.  And just about half way across I cracked us both up singing this song while looking back at our beloved city by the bay.

And, of course, I did the same exact thing in 2007 when Matthew and I walked across this amazing feat of construction ingenuity.

The dance was just a little improv tribute.

YouTube Link:  http://youtu.be/zorT_gsXzXI

Golden Gate Bridge