groove is in the heart

September 10th, 2006 by John Marcotte

Dancing Dan is something of a Sacramento legend. He is by far the best sign-twirler that I have ever seen. Even in triple-digit temperatures, which we get quite frequently, his energy level is through the roof. He has been working Howe Avenue for the past 6-7 months on behalf of a new gym that opened up. He’s quite the walking advertisement for their services, as he probably has a negative body-fat percentage; although I suspect that is due to sign-dancing and not a treadmill.

We decided that Dan’s enthusiasm for dance was infectious. And since we didn’t have his number, we brought the party to him. He actually passed out cards because he was looking for dancers to work at his company. A class act and a nice guy – Dancing Dan, we salute you.

Tags: dancing dan, dee-lite

18 Responses to “groove is in the heart”

badmouth - MySpace Blog says:

04/02/2007 at 5:03 pm

The Sacramento Bee ran an article on the fine art of playing pranks for their April Fools’ Day edition, and both operation groucho and groove is in the heart received nice mentions. Yours truly was even interviewed for the piece. Such as in last July, when John Marcotte noticed a giant sculpture of a human head — and saw an opportunity, a blank canvas, so to speak. Commence “Operation Groucho.”

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Leah Childers says:

09/11/2006 at 9:37 am

Nice John =) I love how Dancing Dan never even missed a beat, he just kept on dancing up there.

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Nancy Heidenreich says:

09/11/2006 at 9:46 pm

Thank you Dancing Dan for all your inspiration and dedication to “Sign Dancing”, It made me wanna get up and dance too.

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sara says:

09/12/2006 at 8:10 am

The most fun I’ve had on a Saturday in a LONG time! Let’s do it again

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rebeka says:

09/12/2006 at 1:33 pm

my family has great moves!

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John Marcotte says:

09/12/2006 at 3:00 pm

Your mom was getting down. I was both impressed and surprised.

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Steve Simmons says:

09/12/2006 at 10:40 pm

Very funny!! The kid in the suit that started the whole thing was priceless. Well done, badmouth.net!

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Shawn says:

09/16/2006 at 10:09 am

Classic!

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sara says:

09/16/2006 at 11:16 am

Today I woke up longing for another dance party. The revolution has begun!

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swedishdwarf says:

09/21/2006 at 3:24 am

Oh. My. Fuckinggod. EVERYONE I know up in Sacramento was in that video (except for you, John. Why must you deprive me of your lusty dancing?) and it begs the question… how can you make Ed dance in public but not post on the forums?

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John Marcotte says:

09/21/2006 at 9:47 am

Swede,

I was more than willing to get down with my bad self, but someone had to hold the camera.

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Jim Gleeson says:

09/25/2006 at 11:45 pm

I have a request: Rapper’s Delight, the long version. I have nothing but respect for people who get up and shake their groove thing.

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Melly53 says:

10/26/2006 at 2:46 pm

Fabulous..LOL! Hope Ellen Degenerous shows it!

I’ll be back. Great site!

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Jim says:

01/13/2007 at 3:21 am

I love the things you come up with!
I felt kinda bad for the big guy on the left hand side, he was going strong at first then he suddenly leaned on the pole and then wandered off a few minutes before everyone else. Hope he’s OK!

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Lifestyle/Scene - Tricks of the trade - sacbee.com says:

04/01/2007 at 9:53 am

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“Tricks of the Trade” » Badmouth says:

04/02/2007 at 1:41 pm

[...] fine art of playing pranks for their April Fools’ Day edition, and both operation groucho and groove is in the heart received nice mentions. Yours truly was even interviewed for the piece. Such as in last July, when [...]

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Arden Way's Own "Dancing Dan" on Flickr - Photo Sharing! says:

01/21/2009 at 9:47 pm

[...] Arden Way’s Own "Dancing Dan" To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. F.decorate(_ge(‘button_bar’), F._photo_button_bar).bar_go_go_go(2380877782, 0); F.decorate(_ge(‘photo_notes’), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(2380877782, ‘http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/2380877782_a920d1ddc7_t.jpg’, ’3.1444′); This guy is always jammin’. For a long time he didn’t even have a sign. He just danced out there like a crazy man. Then a local tax preparer shop had him workin’ for them for a short while. Now he’s back doin’ his own thing. Sometimes he wears a Superman outfit, other times it’s a faded Spiderman pajama looking suit. One thing is for sure…if you’re driving down Arden Way or any local boulevard in the daylight you are bound to see him… Check this out: http://www.badmouth.net/the-groove-is-in-the-heart/  [...]

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05/07/2010 at 3:22 pm

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