Report from the Dance Floor – Part 1
In the last Groove Line I made mention of the weekly Wednesday night component of Chicago Summer Dance in Grant Park which features local DJs. Well, I went to the first installment two weeks ago with DJs Diz and Derrick Carter and it was completely “off the hook!” Organizers expected about 200 –300 folks to show up and the actual count was closer to 1,500. Diz did his deep house thing to get things properly started, including a housed-up “Love Bizarre” by Prince & Sheila E. that brought nothing but smiles to all around. Derrick Carter took the second half of the night on an energetic ride of jackin’ house music as only he knows how to do.