1953 days ago

Dance Yourself Happy - exercise in disguise

Lindsay Upton from Manukau East Council of Social Services (MECOSS)

Last night Dance Yourself Happy resumed. What a great turnout of locals for the 80s special. We hope you had fun and you're not too sore today. Thank you to our music guru Mari for her hard work putting the play list together. Thank you to Ange for bringing glow sticks to share,. It was awesome to see so many of you sporting neon, lycra & legwarmers 😃 (and spiffy DYH shirts of course). Thanks all for coming! Next week we'll do the usual multi-decade-inclusive Dance Yourself Happy session.
If you didn't come along last night - you missed an epic 59min 56sec non-stop celebration of 80s dance music including;
Walk This Way / Run DMC feat. Aerosmith (1986)
Just An Illusion / Imagination (1982)*
Get down on it / Kool & The Gang (1981)*
Let’s Dance / David Bowie (1983)*
Relax (Come Fighting) / Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1984)*
Billie Jean / Michael Jackson (1982)*
Don’t You Want Me / Human League (1981)*
Our House / Madness (1983)*
The Look Of Love / ABC (1981)*
Got My Mind Set On You / George Harrison (1987)
Hey Mickey / Toni Basil (1981)*
La Bamba / Los Lobos (1987)*
Safety Dance / Men Without Hats (1982)
Come On Eileen / Dexy’s Midnight Runners (1982)
Rick Astley Megamix 1987 (Never Gonna Give You Up, My Arms Keep missing you, Whenever You Need Somebody)
Funkytown / Pseudo Echo (1986)
Blue Monday / New Order (1983)
Push It / Salt-N-Pepa (1986)
Super Freak / Rick James (1981)
Footloose / Kenny Loggins (1984)
Fantastic Voyage / Lakeside (1980)º
The Breaks / Kurtis Blow (1980)º
Like A Virgin / Madonna (1984)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun / Cyndi Lauper (1983)
Good Life / Inner City (1988)
Thriller / Michael Jackson (1982)
Tainted Love / Soft Cell (1981)
Take On Me / a-Ha (1984)
The Final Countdown / Europe (1986)
Livin’ On A Prayer / Bon Jovi (1986)
*Various clips from Grandmaster - Flashback 1 mix by DJ Brab
ºFantastic Funkin’ 80’s Medley (Ultimix 53)

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