there’s a fire…alarm, anyway.  And we burned the turkey so bad we set it off for the first time this winter, taking the studio from ice cold (seriously, like 50 degrees when we walked in!) to scorching hot with our thermal units of happiness.

Of course this was the good kind of burned turkey!  And all thanks to DJ Muzak’s mix–jigglier than cranberry sauce, sweeter than marshmallow covered yams, and smoother than pumpkin pie, it was a booty bustin’ buffet!

Even though the story of the Pilgrims and Indians is kind of BS, Thanksgiving at least inspires us to think about the things that we’re grateful for.  Friends, family, food.  The miracle of a snowless November.  The fact that there’s a place in Chicago where women can get down without fear.  Ladies, I don’t want to get all Hallmark on you, but I’m so thankful to have discovered DDPP, and to have had the pleasure of dancing with you all.  No matter how tough my week is, no matter how tired I am, no matter how down I’m feeling, I know that when I walk into that studio I’ll be swept up by a tidal wave of positive energy, and that I’ll leave with a smile on my face.

DJ Muzak, thanks for serving up a delectable feast of beats!   And Lady K Stud, thanks for helping out your vertically challenged denmother with the smoke alarm.  And everyone else, thanks for being awesome!

xo,

Dizz

P.S. Next Sunday is the MINNESOTA MIX SWAP!!!  Don’t miss it, it’s going to RULE!

Yesterday afternoon marked the debut of DJ Cumberbun (aka DJ Kiki Bizzo, DJ Bridez-illah, and your lovely den mother Kelly P.!) and I know at least one lady who could have used that missing D.  As in, one of these…

to hold up her skivvies!!!  Yes, a DDPP first, the fierceness of DJ Cumberbun’s mix snapped the elastic in someone’s drawers.  The first ever handsfree atomic wedgie!

Not only did DJ Cumberbun blow our elastic, she blew our minds.  The rhythm pushed us to jump, and it was nothing but good vibrations!  Trust me, I ain’t frontin’.   Woman, your mixes are bootylicious no matter the monniker!   Whether walking with Jesus or sneaking Sally through the alley, we’re yours!

Just one of the many things to be thankful for this week!

REMINDER: There won’t be a class this Wednesday, but there WILL be on Sunday, so come on out and burn off some turkey!

This week’s mix was too wild for words!  And so I present the following:

Yeah, all those cage scenes?  They happened. (Courtesy of DJ Muzak, and the best floor crawl I have EVER seen.)  And this:

Yeah, that happened too. (Who knew imitating Wade Robson’s moves could be so exhausting?!!)

Basically, DJ Lady K Stud’s mix was studly as always, and drove a room full of ladies to go COMPLETELY BANANAS (as hot studs often do.)  I mean, a Ting Tings cover?  Bizarre Inc.?  I bow down to your prowess woman.  You made it, took it, and got it into the groove.  It was a wolf day afternoon that none of us will soon forget:

Hail Lady K Stud!  And thanks to all the ladies who let it all hang out this Sunday!  My head is still spinning!

Almost forgot to give props to the fantastic t-shirts the KStud crew were sporting (practically made for DDPP!), and remind you all that there will be DDPP on November 29!  Come on out and get your turkey burn on!!!

Ladies, yesterday’s mix left me positively glowing.  Literally:

Yes, believe your eyes!  That is your den mother’s hand, sporting some sweet-ass glow stick bracelets courtesy of the fantabulous DJ Lil’ E.  She brought enough for everyone, and it was pretty much the coolest. thing. EVER.  Thank you Lil’ E!

Not like her mix needed any extra pizzaz, though.  While she is diminutive, there’s never anything lil’ about Lil’ E’s jams!  Anyone who lived through track number 7 can attest to that (it really did feel like the end of the world, at least in my chest cavity!)  The energy in the studio yesterday was brighter than our bracelets, and we stomp/clapped/ran amok with giant smiles on our faces. Nearly every song had someone shouting “Yes!” within the first few seconds, and at the end of the evening we were sweaty, exhausted, and elated.  Hate that you live so far away girlfriend!  Get started on that next mix!

Let’s face it, Halloween is always risky business: razor blades in apples, needles in candy bars, all you can drink costume parties.  And there’s always the danger of putting off your costume idea until five minutes before DDPP.  Well, clearly one of your den mothers had the foresight to plan something mam(mary)moth, and the other slid in just under the wire…

If you missed it, be sorry!

Believe it or not, the scariest part of Sunday wasn’t even our costumes!  We rocked out to a super spooky mix by none other than DJ Jill O’ Puddin’ Pops, the master of murderous moves!  We also got geeked up on sugar.  Because really, Great Pumpkin aside, candy is the true meaning of Halloween. 

BOO!

AND, in other exciting news, DDPP is on Yelp.  Stop on by and give us a review!  Tell all of your friends!

Every now and then I come up against a mix so relentless in its fabulousness that I literally can’t take it. What I mean to say is that the beats are so hot, my heart wants to dance itself out of my chest on EVERY SINGLE SONG!!!  And my brain says “Yes!!!  Keep dancing!!!  Dance faster!!!  Dance harder!!!  Dance more!!! Do this song justice!!!”  And then my legs say “Are you kidding me?”

And later, the next day, after a healthy dose of ibuprofen has turned the pain in my knees down from a scream to a dull throb, I go looking for pictures of rubber legs on the internet to illustrate my point and come across this:

Don’t worry, I can tie this together: I loved DJ Sassybrass’s mix yesterday as much as that cow loves that old man’s chin!  And I wasn’t the only one: four, count em, FOUR people came into the studio off the street to check out the flavor behind the bad-ass tunes.  One of them was a dude quite possibly a decade or two older than the above cowpoke.  You should have seen the smile on that guy’s face!

And as if that didn’t make this Sunday exciting enough, it was DJ Sassybrass’s birthday!  Not just her celebratory birthday mix, her actual birthday!   I gotta say, I’m loving this trend.  DJSB, after the gift of your killer mix we here at DDPP have something to present you.  It’s even better than a birthday cake:

Yeah that’s right, it’s a giant Twix.  And it comes with instructions.  You’re welcome ladies.

Happy Birthday DJ Sassybrass!!!  Thanks for shakin’ what your mamma gave ya, and for thankin’ your mama.

Florida is known as many things: provider of oranges, land of too  many good college football teams, mecca of hot young Cubans and cold east coast retirees, America’s wang.  But it’s first and foremost the Sunshine State, and this Sunday Florida provided us with her greatest bounty of all: MC Sunshine!

After a week of gloomy-ass rain, the simultaneous burst of actual and MC Sunshine dropped on us like a bomb.  It was almost too much for us vitamin D deprived Midwesterners, yet we just couldn’t get enough! That boom boom boom you heard on the other side of town was the sound of us knocking on wood.  For an hour there was nothing to worry about, and it felt almost as good as we looked on the dancefloor.  By the end of that heart pounding mix we were having a hard time staying alive–but again, Florida comes to the rescue:

But enough about death, let’s talk about birth!  This Sunday was another birthday mix!  Two in one week! Let me say we feel honored, MC Sunshine, that you’d celebrate with us.  I’m so honored in fact, that I can go against all my Southeastern Conference instincts and present you with this:

Though, to be fair, it’s chock-full of laxatives.  No, I’m just kidding!  Maybe.

Seriously though, Happy Birthday MC Sunshine!  You a bad Mamma (Ramma) Jamma.

I am sorry to say that DJ Easy bake has not had an easy round here at DDPP. First time she decides to DJ, class gets all screwed up and the place has been rented out to another group. The second time she is scheduled to DJ, she gets sick and can’t come. Lo and behold, her mix showed up in our studio with a another beloved DDPP member. Even when she was down for the count, DJ Easy bake’s timer was right on schedule for all the DDPP ladies to enjoy. It was sweet, tasty, and oh so delicious with the edge of her cakes slightly burnt just like we like ‘em. Easy Bake…you can cook something up for me anytime.  You rocked it girl and you weren’t even there. Nice job on the mix.

1. Sitting in Limbo (Jimmy Cliff)
2. Gotta Work (Amerie)
3. Actor Out of Work (St. Vincent)
4. Feel the Girl (Ms. Jade)
5. X Offender (Blondie)
6. Powder Room (The Knux)
7. Let’s Spend the Night Together (David Bowie)
8. Let’s Run (Le Tigre)
9. Move (Q-Tip)
10. Diva (Beyonce)
11. Romeo (Donna Summer)
12. Into the Groove (Madonna)
13. Conceited (Remy Ma)
14. My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson)
15. Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
16. Nu Nu (Fannypack)
17. Bad Man’s World (Jenny Lewis)

check out these tasty treats

See all ya’ll this afternoon to steam up the studio! Gonna be a hot mix for a chilly day.
xoxo
jb

I, Kelly Joy Vanater Peraino apologize to anyone who showed up to class today and experienced my spaciness in the flesh!  I showed up to class without my keys to the studio and proceeded home to grab them.  I realized when I returned that my “be right back” note said I’d return by 5:10pm rather than 4:10pm.  I don’t know if ladies showed and decided they couldn’t wait for “an hour” or if we just had a poor turnout. 

Luckily DJ Cumberbun (yours truly) disappointed herself and not another DJ by having to cancel class. 

Thanks to Victoria for being the lone woman waiting for me and thanks to the Lord above for inspiring me to put her phone number in my phone a year ago.

IF ANYONE CAME TODAY WITH THE INTENTION OF DANCING PLEASE LET KELLEY & JENN KNOW NEXT WEEK FOR A FREE PASS.

Love, your trustily scatterbrained Den Mother (Kell V-P)