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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
12:06:00 PM EDT
Hearing Staying Alive -- Bee Gees
I bookmarked this the other day and am only now getting to it, but not to worry it's still good: Disco for toddlers! Which is to say, parents getting together and spending time with their kids (and each other) in dance clubs -- while away from the usual dance club clientele, of course:
Baby Loves Disco, the monthly traveling dance party for swivel-hipped toddlers and their culturally deprived parents, had rolled into town. Shortly after the doors opened at 2 p.m., the place was so packed that Sarah Mallace, who was working the list, had to get tough.
"We've been turning people away," she said, as young parents balancing bottles, blankies and diaper bags waited out front. Strollers were parked four rows deep at the entrance.
Inside the club, Soomee Arikawa bounced under the disco ball to Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus" as her 9-month-old son, Tayme, took everything in from the safety of a BabyBjörn carrier strapped to her chest. "There's nothing else like this," the San Francisco native said. "My whole mommies group is here."
In one sense, I think this is very cute. In another sense, I find it wholly terrifying. But mostly, I think it's cute.
Mind you, if you're taking your toddler to a disco, you're not really having a true disco experience; you're just having a play date with dance music in the background. I don't think this is a bad thing, mind you; Athena loved dancing to music when she was a toddler, and this sounds like a fun way to hang out. But I don't really think it should be seen a substitute for night life. That's a whole other creature entirely.
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12:06:00 PM EDT
Hearing Staying Alive -- Bee Gees
Saturday Night Fever? Try Saturday Afternoon Feeding
I bookmarked this the other day and am only now getting to it, but not to worry it's still good: Disco for toddlers! Which is to say, parents getting together and spending time with their kids (and each other) in dance clubs -- while away from the usual dance club clientele, of course:
Baby Loves Disco, the monthly traveling dance party for swivel-hipped toddlers and their culturally deprived parents, had rolled into town. Shortly after the doors opened at 2 p.m., the place was so packed that Sarah Mallace, who was working the list, had to get tough.
"We've been turning people away," she said, as young parents balancing bottles, blankies and diaper bags waited out front. Strollers were parked four rows deep at the entrance.
Inside the club, Soomee Arikawa bounced under the disco ball to Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus" as her 9-month-old son, Tayme, took everything in from the safety of a BabyBjörn carrier strapped to her chest. "There's nothing else like this," the San Francisco native said. "My whole mommies group is here."
In one sense, I think this is very cute. In another sense, I find it wholly terrifying. But mostly, I think it's cute.
Mind you, if you're taking your toddler to a disco, you're not really having a true disco experience; you're just having a play date with dance music in the background. I don't think this is a bad thing, mind you; Athena loved dancing to music when she was a toddler, and this sounds like a fun way to hang out. But I don't really think it should be seen a substitute for night life. That's a whole other creature entirely.
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It's sad that there are kids who are like a year old, and they're already pointed straight at Loserdom.
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My 2 1/2 yr old loves to dance around with his older siblings...we have our own private disco. The thought of "partying" and "clubing" with a 2 yr old along with other parents, to the tune of "I Will Survive" doesn't really interest me, in fact, I find it a little disturbing.. Julie :)
6/28/06 1:30 AM
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