Jane Gromelski
We had so much fun dancing to 3 Jacks and a Julie last year, we will do it again! But even if you don’t dance, come and listen to the music of our youth!
The Sock Hops last year were awesome. When the band played the first song, we immediately wanted to be on the dance floor. We realized we were in for a night of nostalgic fun. We all enjoyed a return to our youth with our partners and friends.
Thursday, November 3 there will be the same great band, 3 Jacks and a Julie—aka Wild Ride— when they play for Country Western dancers. There will be no food—well, a few M&Ms to keep our strength up. But there will be a cash bar because our teenage dreams came true and we can now legally drink alcohol. Just a sip seems to relax our inhibitions and improve our dancing. The dance is sponsored by Partners Western Dance Club, which is chartered in both HOA 1 and HOA 2. Why are we sponsoring the dance? Because even Western Dancers like to rock ‘n roll! And 100% of the ticket price goes to the band, bar and M&Ms.
3 Jacks and a Julie will play many of our favorites from the 50s and 60s; The Everly Brothers, Elvis, Roy Orbison, the Beach Boys and Patsy Cline. The band is sooo talented. I don’t have to build them up in this article, their music speaks for them. When they play the Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody there isn’t a woman listening who doesn’t want to be up on the dance floor in her partner’s arms, swaying to the music. Come experience it for yourself.
Tickets for this night of nostalgia will be $10 per person. In order for the total ticket price to go to the band, please send your checks to: Jane Gromelski, 65753 E. Rolling Hills Drive. Label the envelope Sock Hop. Please also include your email address or phone number as a back-up. Or you can leave payment in the purple mailbox inside our security screen. There will be open seating for you and your friends; we can accommodate your group. We must have payment by November 1, so the necessary tables can be set up.
Doors and cash bar will open at 6:00 p.m. and the band will start performing at 6:30 p.m. They will play until 9:30 p.m. Wear your poodle skirt and saddle shoes, or your 50s/60s costume or dress as we do today; come and listen to the band or come and dance. This promises to again be a very entertaining evening. Return to those youthful days; let’s have fun at a (shoes on) Sock Hop!
I hope we see you there.