SKA Show Shut Down at 8:30 pm!

On March 14, 2008, a young local college student, currently attending college in Brooklyn for music promotion and and sound mixing held a SKA Show at the Cabin.  Approximately 80 attended in ages from 15 - 35.  All there to listen to the bands and support their friends.  With band names like "All You Can Eat Buffet" and "Awlful Waffle" as well as a band that came from Georgia. 

What is SKA music you ask?  SKA is a combination of calypso music and American jazz with a little R&B.  This style of music became popular in the early 1960s and was heard in New Orleans and Miami.  The tempo is upbeat and the bands include tombones, trumpet and sax, as well as guitars and drums. The music is perfect for dancing.  Skanking is the style of dance that goes along with ska music. It is an easy dance in which the legs do "the running man", bending the knees and running in place to the beat. The arms are bent at the elbows, with hands balled into fists, and punch outward, alternating with the feet (left foot, right hand, etc.).

Second-Wave Ska, or "Two-Tone" Ska was created in England in the 1970s. It is SKA with England's punk rock thrown in.

Unfortunately for these kids, who do not drink or do drugs, the neighbors called the police and the event was shut down.  

For those of you against the kids having a safe place to be, and having a drug and alcohol free event that is over before 10 pm - What would you like to see the kids do on a Friday night? 

These kids are our future, let's nuture their individuality, not squash it.  Let's encourage them to spend time in a drug and alcohol free environment, not leave them with no outlet or place to go. 

Manchester, we are better than this.  Where is the community spirit?  What happend to live and let live?

The Clubhouse has always been a place for community events.  In the 1930's it was barn dances.  Just this past week, we held an easter egg hunt. 

In recent years, we have become a safe haven for teens to dance, and listen to the music that they like.  They are clean, sober and off the streets.  Where are the young kids today supposed to go?   If this were 1930, we would still do the barndances, but this is 2008 and the music of today is different.  Is it bad, loud or offensive?  I feel that is a very subjective question.   These are good kids.  The ones in high school are being accepted into very good colleges.  Many of them are currently in very good colleges.  They are the future of this country.