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By Jill Rosen | June 28, 2009
Let's face it, Ocean City is built for sin. Sure, there's a beach, a boardwalk and things to do for families in the light of day, but Maryland's O.C. is most essentially a watering hole on the water, a place to spend one's days soaking in the sun, and nights quenching that fire with cold, alcoholic beverages. Nightclub after nightclub fights for attention along the oceanfront highway, coyly beckoning travelers with brassy neon lights and come-hither drink specials. Though a visitor to Ocean City would hardly need help finding a bar, we thought it would be a service to narrow your choices somewhat, to better your chances of finding the sort of spot that fits your mood, your imbibing needs.
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By Justin Fenton | June 3, 2009
Baltimore police have arrested a second person in connection with a March shooting outside a nightclub in Mount Vernon that authorities say was sparked when women bumped into one another on the dance floor. Kimberly Moody, 22, of Gwynn Oak was arrested Monday and charged with assault, conspiracy to commit assault, a handgun violation and accessory after the fact in the March 7 fatal shooting of Sctario Tia Edwards outside of Coconuts Cafe, in the 300 block of W. Madison St. Moody's role in the shooting was not immediately clear.
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By LAURA VOZZELLA | February 25, 2009
Barack Obama gave the nation's governors a stimulus they couldn't resist: Earth Wind & Fire. The R&B act, entertaining the National Governors Association on Sunday after Obama's first formal White House dinner, had even the stodgiest state executives asserting: Yes, we can dance. "The day before ... we were wondering who the music was going to be," Maryland first lady Katie O'Malley said. "And when they said 'Earth Wind & Fire,' I said, 'Oh my God. We're not going to be able to sit at our tables.
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By sloane brown | January 25, 2009
Several dozen folks gingerly lined up on the dance floor at El Patron restaurant, as they followed the salsa moves of a dance instructor. This was "Salsa for a Reason," a fundraiser for Healing Hands Foundation. The year-old nonprofit was formed by several local surgeons and nurses to go on surgical missions around the world to help underserved children. "When you go on missions to South America, you have a lot of people who want to dance salsa," said the foundation's fundraising director, Lisa Garrett, explaining why the event was a perfect fit. Dylan Stewart, an assistant professor of pediatric surgery at University of Maryland and one of the foundation's founding surgeons, admitted while he had never danced salsa before, he was certainly game.
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By PETER HERMANN | November 23, 2008
James E. Troxel is barely discernible on Iguana Cantina's crowded dance floor, lost amid a mass of drunken patrons gyrating to thundering music under pulsating lights. One moment, he's there, the next moment he vanishes, swallowed by the crowd without missing a beat. Thirty seconds later, one of 14 club surveillance cameras shows two yellow-jacketed security guards pushing through the throng to reach the young man who by now is on the floor and can't be seen on the video. All you can see are the guards bending over, the man's stunned friends watching while others dance around them as if nothing had happened.
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By kevin cowherd | November 2, 2008
These are tough times for the dancing-impaired. I say this because the country is absolutely nuts about dancing. TV shows like Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance? get top ratings. The dance-happy movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year is a box-office smash. Dance studios report business is booming, even with the economy tanking. This only makes the dancing-impaired feel worse about themselves. Look, we know we have no rhythm and no timing. We know we're incapable of making any fluid movements or moving any part of our body to the beat.
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By sam sessa | October 23, 2008
Mardi Gras beads were on the bars and pulsing beats were in the air Friday night at the new Bourbon Street super-club. It was Ladies Night, which meant women got in and drank for free. Bourbon Street was primed for partying; all that was missing were the people. At 11 p.m., Baltimore's newest mega-club was less than a third full. I scratched my head and hoped it was a fluke, because Bourbon Street has a lot going for it. True to its history, the building (which formerly housed Hammerjack's)
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By John-John Williams IV | March 8, 2008
Something caught William Ryan's eye, compelling him to venture into the throng of teens grooving to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music." The principal inched forward amid pulsating violet light, waving an index finger and admonishing a couple who he felt were getting a little too close. Ryan sent the pair off the River Hill High School dance floor for a 10-minute "cooling-off" period. "This is not a club, it's a school," the 44-year-old principal said later. "There is a difference." It's a timeless conflict: Youngsters stretch the bounds on the dance floor, and the grown-ups find the moves scandalous and take steps to ban them.
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By Sarah Kickler Kelber | November 28, 2007
The sparkly mirror ball trophy signifying the newest winner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars went to race car driver Helio Castroneves and partner Julianne Hough on last night's finale. "I want to thank my team for letting me do this, second my family, the fans, and this special person here," Castroneves said, referring to Hough. Castroneves, Spice Girl Melanie "Mel B" Brown and entertainer Marie Osmond performed two dances Monday night for judges' scores and viewers' votes. Early in last night's episode, Osmond was named the third-place finisher, leaving her fellow finalists to reprise their favorite dance of the season for one last score from the judges.
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By SUN STAFF | November 26, 2007
She's been through a lot in the past few weeks - fainting on live television, her father's death and her son's entry into rehab - yet she's endlessly chipper. But, frankly, we're pretty much over Marie Osmond and her inexplicably long run on Dancing With the Stars. Hardly any of the prognosticators on this sort of thing thought she'd make it to the finals because of her weak technique and simple choreography. Sure, her fainting episode was memorable; too bad such a highly replayed moment had nothing to do with her skills on the dance floor.