Empire State Dancesport Championships 2015
Report by Didio Barrera, Photography by Charles Ryder Photography
“The little old lady sat on the porch of the farm-house.
The little old lady rocked back and forth and crocheted.
Oh, listen to the cricket, look at the rooster, smell the hay," I told her.
And see the pretty little egg that the hen just laid.
The little old lady took off her glasses and squinted.
And how she responded literally had me floored.
She said: "I'm glad to meet someone who appreciates the beauty that nature initiates.
It's sweet to hear, but me, my dear, I'm truly bored.
I miss those City Lights, those sparkling City Lights,
Those twinkling City Lights blurring my eyes.
I love those City Lights, the color of city sights that shine under City Lights tinting the skies.”
Truly I could not have said it better myself. It’s been a while since a competition was run at the Marriott Grand Marquis on Times Square. This hotel sits right on the square and from there by car, subway or even walking you have access to anything you could possibly want in NYC.
The round windowed bar in the lobby (8th floor) looks out into the lights and just makes me want to sing “City Lights! Those wonderful City Lights! Take the crickets and go shove 'em, urban crises, how I love 'em! Grime and grit and pretty City Lights. Walking lanes to pick a daisy, that could drive a person crazy. Home-made bread lies here like lead, and Polly's peach preserves-- oh, please, my nerves! City Lights, how I long for those City Lights, the bulbs of those beaming brights beckoning me there.” And I was totally there!
