Joy Street Orchestra

When you dis-guise yourself with a mask and step onto the dance floor, you become a different "you." You may find yourself bringing forth parts of your deep essence that you've always wanted to make public.

The same occurs with your many partners. And so you never what may transpire. As dancer Heber Farnsworth wrote, after our first Masquerade, "The Masquerade ball was AWESOME. The mystique of the mask was magical."

Masques, my friends, are only required until the ceremonial unmasking, part way through the dance. Yet many keep theirs on all night.

Wear a mask and discover new parts of yourself, as well as unexpected surprises from your partners. (Some masks at the door for $5.)

Get details and tickets at www.ReverieBallroom.com. Look under events.

Saturday afternoon at 4:53: Joy Street's 13-piece orchestra just finished a three-hour rehearsal — half of the music we'll play at the Masquerade: everything from bump-and-grind blues to a haunting Mexican folk waltz — and the musicians came away jazzed to the rafters.

Dancers are going to love the grand mix of music on tap — just six nights away now.

Get details and your ticket at www.ReverieBallroom.com

Our dance community's favorite jazz vocalist leads the 13-piece Joy Street Orchestra into the best variety dance imaginable. A full three and a half hours of dancing.

Expect classic swing, majestic waltzes, R & B standards, Cuban Cha-Chas, 50s Rock 'n roll, West Coast Swing, gut-bucket blues and more — featuring Rockin' Rafe Wadleigh, Songbird Lucia Neare and Bluesman J.D. Hagopian.

And the only rule: You gotta masque up for the first part of the evening, until the ceremonial unmaking in the second set.

Dancer Heber Farnsworth said, "The Masquerade...was AWESOME. The mystique of the mask was magical."

Go to ReverieBallroom.com for details and tickets.