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Oh, so that’s silent disco
Apparently, it’s been the rage in other cities for years. Call me “Your Royal Dorkiness” but I had never heard of silent disco. Thanks to the lifestyle marketers working for GoGear, I now know.
Here’s how it works: You engage a personal music device — say, Philips’ GoGear, just to reward the marketers for filling my gaping cultural void — that slips right into your pocket. Then you tune to the DJ in question. After that, everyone dances. Silently.
It looks weird at first. At least the practice allows one to talk with other guests. Oh, according to Wikipedia: “silent disco was first introduced to the UK at Glastonbury in 2005 as a response to noise restrictions.”
I arrived at Mint after the announced start time, but clearly hours before the real action. Mint, by the way, is the rooftop lounge and dance club for the Light Bar. As with Speakeasy, you enter through the alley bend the Congress Avenue main bar.
Anyway, feeling a bit out of my comfort zone, I was instantly pleased when the first tune wafting over the waves was a crisp neo-disco Hercules and Love Affair number. Perfect.
Well, I stayed to watch a nimble B-Boy and chatted with some holiday-garbed guests, but too much waited out in the world to discover what the whole rooftop looked like aglow with late-night dancers.
Maybe like this Hercules and Love Affair video:
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