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Werq! Chante! Sashay!
Surfcomber Hotel, Miami Beach, Fl
by Mark Thompson & Robert Doyle
November 24, 2007
 
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The lesbian thing about gay men is how much they appreciate foreplay—in their music.  And on Saturday afternoon for the Heatwave Pool Party at the Surfcomber, DJ Wendy Hunt (a self-professed gay man in a lesbian’s body) werked over the burgeoning mass of men and boyz (and everything in between), gradually and carefully exciting them into release just as the sun set—just as she, and they, wanted it. 

Given that Hilton Wolman’s party White Dreams at Karu&Y from the previous night had ended but an hour before the start of the Heatwave Pool Party, foreplay was appreciated.  The sky was streaked with cirrus clouds, keeping the sun from bleary eyes.  Cocktails were in order—and in abundance (and particularly those pre-filled plastic martini glasses in tropical colors).  Wandering the Surfcomber’s pool and lawns always feels like returning to one of the nicer homes on Fire Island, Ibiza, or the like—made all the more festive this afternoon by the coils of paillette-spangled white decorations created by RKM Futureboys.  Sip, sip, chat, chat—and then came a performance complete with billowing white sails and bongo drums and a diva called Shelina.

Thereafter Wendy Hunt kicked it up a notch.  Enough with the foreplay—let’s get down to ass bumpin’ business.  Once again, she packed her floor with her infectious and uplifting groove, as if to say, Werk it out, boyz; ain’t no day like today.  As she (and Ms. Jennifer Holliday) had it, “And I’m Telling You (I’m Not Going)”—not until she got what she wanted: a massive release on her dance floor.  She got that—and not only on da flo.  Over on the north side of the pool, a gaggle of kiki boyz started to walk.  Walk, they said, using the pool deck as a runway.  They werqed that catwalk, doing backflips and cartwheels, half-twists and high kicks—until the crowd paid notice with wild applause and cheers.  It escalated from there: using life preservers and pool umbrellas, those joyous boyz created a spontaneous and mesmerizing thirty-minute show which ran like Cirque de Soleil hosted by the Houses of Aviance and Infiniti See it now on YouTube—but next time, do yourself one better: get thee to the Pool Party. (And in the interim, buy the White Party 8 CD (Centaur Music), perfectly mixed by Wendy Hunt and Warren Gluck).  For what’s more fun than a day in the sun—while doing good for CareResource who does so much good for others?
 

 
 
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