Dance Away at Club O

The Dance Club that Vashon has always needed... is here. From your friends at Open Space for Arts & Community, club O: Vashon’s own dance club. club O features island favorite DJ Whitmore spinning real vinyl along with MiragesSix. Tickets are $5 and available at the door only. Open Space for Arts & Community is located at 18870 103rd Ave SW, Vashon.
 
Club O will be a regular monthly event, a chance for people to bust through the Friday blues and bust a move instead. The lights will be low, the disco ball will spin, and Vashonites can dance their hearts out. Some nights will be theme nights, some will be fresh club music, some will be old school. And each night will feature a wide range of music.
 
DJ Whitmore is quickly becoming a Vashon legend, spinning at the Heron’s Nest on most First Friday Art Walks and for events all over the island. Michael brings a long, strange, wonderful story of how he became the guy on Vashon who owns 6000 45s and 3000 LPs. He used to own well over 8000 LPs, but sold or traded away many of them for more and better records. Michael’s been DJing off and on for over two decades, and says: "My first regular gig was at a place called Smalls in LA which use to be an auto body shop – and oddly enough my Dad worked there in the 1950’s." Michael’s collection ranges from 45s and eps from the late 1940’s. His best early record is a single from 1951 of Jackie Brenston’s Rocket 88 - which is actually Ike Turner’s band. Historians call it the first rock and roll record. Michael says: "I once found a 78rpm of that record in a stack of nothing titles ... it’s the holy grail of R&R records. But I couldn’t keep it - I told the owner of the store what it was!"
 
Vashon may be the luckiest island in the world to have DJ Whitmore kicking off club O. Don’t miss the magic!
Friday Nov. 29, 8pm - late
All Ages - $5 cover