You Put Your Right Foot In…

Listen up, Romania. We need to talk here. Ok, so you may have some incredibly tiny and precise gymnasts. And yeah, I’ll grant you a few great tennis players too. But you think you can just waltz in here and walk with our world record just like that? No way, no how, not happening. Give it up Romania, we’re taking our world record back.

Don’t give me that look, Romania. I mean it. No perfect tens for you this time.

Just because you now hold the latest world record for largest number of choreographed umbrella dancers doesn’t mean you get to keep it forever. Especially when you steal it from us. Forget national pride, we’re talking Galveston pride and Galveston pride, especially in relation to goofy stuff like choreographed umbrella dancing, is fierce and terrifying to behold.

Start shaking in your little boots, Romania. Your reign as largest number of choreographed umbrella dancers record holders is coming to an end on February 10^th at 8:30 p.m. when Galveston’s Funky Uptown Umbrella Brigade takes back the title.

We’re ready for you. We’ve been bedazzling, be-fringing, be-beading and just generally be-decorating umbrellas since we first heard you stole our record. Oh yeah, we have. And we are seriously choreographed this year – we’re doing the Hokey Pokey.

In unison.

With umbrellas.

With umbrellas with fringe and beads and sparkly things on them.

Fear us, Romania. Galveston is a fierce competitor and we take our funky things very seriously. Plus we love a good costume party. We totally dig decorating and we’re incredibly strong Hokey Pokiers. You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out, you put your right foot in and then you shake it all about.

You shake it all about, Romania. That’s what it’s all about and Galveston knows how to Hokey our Pokeys. Sure we need to up our numbers from last year. We get that. We’re cool with it and we’re going to do it.

We need at least 1462 Hokey Pokeying, decorated umbrella wavers to join up downtown on February 10^th at 8:30 p.m. to show Romania what choreographed umbrella dancing domination looks like. You must have a decorated umbrella in order to play – no decorations, no Hokey for you. Or Pokey either. You can register online at www.mardigrasgalveston.com  If you wear a costume, they’ll let you into the entertainment district for free.

We will begin to Hokey at 20^th and Mechanic and we will then Pokey and Hokey and Pokey some more through the streets of downtown until Romania apologizes and begs for mercy. And then we will shake it all about in a very smug and superior fashion. That, Galveston, is what it’s all about.

Grab your umbrella, slap some rhinestones, feathers, ribbons, fringe, beads and other sparkly things on it and get your butt downtown to reclaim our bragging rights. See you there!