Thanksgiving Breakfast Dance Bites the Dust: 30 year Kansas City Tradition DOA
One of Kansas City’s hippest happenings is taking a dirt nap this Thanksgiving…
The at least 33 year-old Thanksgiving Day Breakfast Dance at the National Guard Armory in Kansas City, Kansas will not be going down this, says organizer Roger Naber.
“It ain’t happening,” Naber says. “Nobody could pull it together, so we’re going to postpone it until next year. I don’t have time to do it this year. There’s too many other things going on in my life.”
Two years ago Naber described the TGDBD in my column in the the Kansas City Star.
“It’s the largest running music tradition in Kansas City to my knowledge,” he said then. “I’ve been going to breakfast dances for 31 years now. And we’re expecting nearly 1,000 people this year on Thanksgiving morning with the talent we have. Johnnie Taylor’s sons are opening the show for Millie Jackson.”
Naber says a competing breakfast dance in Missouri will be held. More on that later.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
It’s probably a good thing. The Mexicans have pretty much taken control of that part of KCK. An influx of too many black folks could result in some violence.