Let's Go to the Disco!
“Hey, were you serious?" Ella asked. "You know the Hustle?”
“It’s been awhile.” Wolf pulled her away from the instructions. Without looking at them, he took her hands, shifting her to his side so they were hip to hip, ready for the opening step. “Have you figured out the basics?” he asked.
“Pretty much. You lead and I’ll follow.”
“What every Master likes to hear.”
--Vampire Master by Joey W. Hill
Did you see Saturday Night Fever in the theaters? I did, but it took some convincing to get my mom to take me, since I was nine. Mom was never really worried about sexual themes as long as they were light-hearted. She took me and my friends to see Porky’s when we were 13, after all. It was the darkness/violence and suicide issues that made her hesitate on SNF, but eventually she relented. I was taking jazz dance at the time, and loved all things dance. Like everyone else, soon I’d be learning the line dances, and our local teen club was regularly playing Donna Summers and the BeeGees.
Why am I going on about disco? Because, as the opening quote implies, Vampire Master has a disco scene! Ella is known as the Club Atlantis “Minion of Play,” and she pulls together a Disco Night. Complete with everyone dressing up, doing line dances and playing disco music mashups that include “Disco Inferno” and “I Just Want To Be Your Everything.” Yeah, call them up on ITunes. I’m willing to bet you’ll buy a copy before it’s done. Because of how she feels about Wolf, Ella can’t help but identify with these lyrics:
If you give a little more than you're asking for, your love will turn the key
I, I just want to be your everything
Open up the heaven in your heart and let me be
The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
Oh, if I stay here without you, darling, I will die
I want you laying in the love I have to bring
I'd do anything to be your everything
--I Just Want to Be Your Everything, performed by Andy Gibb, written by Barry Gibb
So, would you like a mental picture of how sensual it is to watch Wolf and Ella doing the hustle together? Here’s the epic hustle dance scene from Saturday Night Fever. It integrates other dance styles into it, like the tango, but the hustle is featured early on in it, and it’s so romantic, I just had to go with it.
If you want to remind yourself of the basic line dance steps and then build on them, I recommend this page. You have to scroll down through a lot of in-between stuff, but it lays it out more clearly than a lot of the other how-tos I looked at before I decided on this one. And after it gives you the basics, it shows you how to do it with a partner, and then ways to add more moves into both approaches. Good exercise AND fun! How often can we put those two things in the same sentence, right?
I enjoyed looking for what Wolf and Ella would be wearing that night. It’s funny how polyester can look so cheesy in theory, but put it on the right person with the right attitude and it works SO well. The pictures of what they were wearing are on Pinterest, here. Don’t cringe too much – I seriously think they would rock these clothes. The guy's outfit reminded me of how, in high school, “cute” boys wore their shirts two buttons open to reveal a slim gold chain around their necks. We thought they were dreamy – grin.
Back to Saturday Night Fever. One of the things I also remember was that scene where John is getting ready to go out (I think he’s blowing his hair dry), and the camera angle is shot straight from the floor. He’s only wearing black underwear. A trio of young women in the audience squealed in appreciation, which made my Mom burst out laughing. It’s when I think of moments like that, I know where I developed my relaxed and healthy attitude toward sexual expression (grin). Thank heavens for that. Otherwise I might have written an entirely different genre!
Hope you all enjoy Vampire Master, releasing December 15, and Wolf and Ella's disco scene.
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God, Joey, you crushed it again. Before I post my review, I am reading it again. You make me laugh; you make me cry; you make me want to be a better person. Thank you!!
Kimi5564 wrote: "God, Joey, you crushed it again. Before I post my review, I am reading it again. You make me laugh; you make me cry; you make me want to be a better person. Thank you!!"Ah, wow, thank you, Kimi!! What a wonderful thing to say! So happy you loved Wolf and Ella, and I really appreciate you writing a review. Will look forward to it!!
