{"id":25940,"date":"2024-01-06T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=25940"},"modified":"2024-01-06T10:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:59:15","slug":"club-reports-morse-code-west-end-trading-co-manikins-north-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=25940","title":{"rendered":"Club Reports: Morse Code, West End Trading Co., Manikins (North Suburbia)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Friday night already and we headed up into Orlando’s northern suburbs. We began in downtown Winter Park at new venue Morse Code<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Upon arrival DJ Yuri Gonzalez (USA) had turned the controls over to last night’s headliner…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Jerry “The Reverend” Johnson (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This was our second visit. It’s not really a dance club per se but an upscale bar and restaurant with beer and wine only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Like our first visit before Christmas, all the tables and chairs were occupied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted near the aft lavs: Autumn and Caity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the booth: The Reverend with his main squeeze, Dana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The music was Deep House during our visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next on to downtown Sanford and our next stop, West End Trading Co.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here we found DJ Dom (USA) on the small upfront stage playing 90’s and Indie Rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They do<\/span> have more than just beer and wine here and the bar was absolutely jammed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Over the years we’ve never really seen people dancing here unless it was dancing in place. But during every visit its always been crowded. So it’s more of a place to meet up with friends and chit chat. There is no cover charge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards the rear is West End Live<\/em>, a separate area that does have a cover charge if there is a live Rock band playing. But last night no band so it was free to come in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here we found DJ Travi Seeds (USA) on the stage playing old Hip Hop hits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just one couple on the dance floor though while others were just standing around watching.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The real reason for coming to downtown Sanford though is this place…..Manikins<\/em>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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With this veteran DJ Paul Vaine (USA) in the booth on both Friday and Saturday nights!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Of former club Visage <\/em>fame, the music here on Friday nights is Goth, Industrial, Dark Wave, New Wave, Synth-pop, Fast Techno and more! On Saturday nights the music is not as dark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dance floor got jammed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The club’s owner kept giving me “the finger” before I realized he was just saying his club is #1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At Manikins<\/em>, it’s all about the mannequins. They’re all over the place and some are so real, you kind of have to stare at them for awhile to figure out if it’s a mannequin or a live person. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is no mannequin! Spotted working the rear bar: Heather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There is a covered patio out back with photo opportunities galore including a cage, spankings and…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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…..a couple beds! Be good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wear your favorite color, as long as your favorite color is black. This is an amazing place to spend your Friday night so come check it out. A good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-reports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSCN0901-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-6Ko","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25940"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25976,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25940\/revisions\/25976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}