Rockabilly Options

Ah, the fifties. I love the music of the fifties – Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Buddy Holley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and dozens more all tearing it up with music that’s made for dancing. Kelly and I love rockabilly for its energy and spirit, it’s a part of the fifties that’s stayed alive and pure in its own little corner of the dance world. There are no ‘school figures’, there are no bronze, sliver, and aluminum levels, there’s just the music and the feeling you get when you’re out on the floor with the one you love.


So, if you’re in the market for a bit of old-school rock-n-roll this Friday there are a couple of options. Mike’s Dance Barn in Nashville, IN has the glorious, piano-pounding antics of Mr. Terry Lee and his Rockaboogie Band – geniuses in the style of one (face Louisiana and salute) Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis. Terry Lee and his band are a guaranteed good time and a guaranteed workout. There also is the Retro Rock at the Soda Shop held at Zaharakos Ice Cream Shop in Columbus, IN. Zaharakos is a place you really should visit if you have a chance. The ice cream parlor opened in 1900 and has an attached soda shop museum which is really cool. Unfortunately, I haven’t attended the Retro Rock event before so I can’t say what it will be like. We had to make the choice between the two and stuck with what we knew, Terry Lee…though it’s too bad we’ll miss the soda shop I know we won’t be sorry for seeing Terry Lee.