Look Who’s Dancing is Done

Monday, March 08, 2010

Look Who’s Dancing 2010 was a big success and we’d like to thank each of you who went to the Pan American Center yesterday to support the NMSU Dance Sport Team. Mike’s dancing shoes can now go back on the shelf for a while – a long while. Look for a video posting here soon.

Today is International Women's Day. Today is Girls Write Now Day, celebrating girls and girl writers.

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a kid from Philadelphia who grew up wanting to be a boxer…until he saw a Kirk Douglas movie which changed everything. The film was “Young Man with a Horn” which inspired today’s featured artist so much he asked his dad for a trumpet. His father – a frustrated musician himself – borrowed $15 and picked up a used one at a pawn shop. He became a prodigy on the instrument and formed a band. Eventually, despite his protests, he became a vocalist and eventually starred in a number of very popular teen movies. Along the way he scored a number of hits including the one that sat atop the charts on March 8, 1959 – Frankie Avalon “Venus.”

A Mexican judge has been sacked for trying to punish a teenage graffiti artist by spray painting his buttocks. Fernando Perez Hurtado, from San Juan Del Rio, was dismissed for abusing his authority after he tried to impose the "humiliating" sentence on the 13 year-old. Police said the teenager, who has not been named, was caught 'tagging' on walls of public buildings and homes in the town. After he was arrested and charged, he faced court where the judge imposed the bizarre punishment instead of forcing his parents to pay a fine. Despite protests from parents and other court officials, the judge ordered the young artist to pull down his trousers before attempting to paint his buttocks with the same spray paint the teenager had used during his crimes. The town's mayor Gustavo Nieto later confirmed he had fired the judge, whose job it was to impose penalties for petty crime, after he had "humiliated" the teenager. He said the judge had abused his authority, because he should have notified the boy's parents to force them pay a fine for the clean-up, not punish him directly.

The Australians have come up with a new style of men’s underpants said to be light-weight and super absorbent. That’s because the skivvies are made with 27% banana fiber. Add some cotton and lycra and they say they’re the perfect underwear for comfort. And the best news – the makers say you don’t have to worry about being attacked by monkeys – because the underpants don’t smell at all like bananas. -When your top selling benefit…is your apparel is ‘monkey-neutral’…is that really going to move the sales needle?

Remember way back…I don’t know…a couple years ago…when you went to a restaurant and they asked you, ‘smoking or non-smoking?’ Today in Germany – it’s ‘kids or no kids’. Cafés and restaurants are popping up that offer seating areas for families…and people that don’t want to be around small children. Some people are upset – saying families with children should be welcome everywhere.

Six women in the Newark, New Jersey area all had to be rushed to the hospital after receiving back-alley cosmetic surgery…in hotel rooms. They all had their back-ends enhanced by injections…which turned out to be hardware store grade caulk. Hey, when the “doctor” whips out a caulking gun instead of a syringe, shouldn’t that raise some cause for a pause?

Below, Mike McKay and his dance partner, Rachel Diehl discuss ballroom technique with MC and NMSU Dance Sport President, Eric Fierro.  Actually, Mike’s telling Eric where he can get a really cool white tuxedo for himself.