{"id":7458,"date":"2020-11-14T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=7458"},"modified":"2020-11-14T13:19:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T18:19:11","slug":"concert-report-sandi-drops-an-f-bomb-ace-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=7458","title":{"rendered":"Concert Report: Sandi Drops An F-Bomb (Ace Cafe)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ace <\/em>was the place last night as it played host to the “Sandi Drops an F-Bomb” concert featuring some of Orlando’s best DJ’s!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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While a car show was taking place out in the Ace Cafe<\/em> parking lot, the concert was taking place along side the building on their outdoor patio!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We arrived around 7:30PM to find DJ Springer (USA) on the decks which were positioned on the patio directly against the building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just a few early arrivals enjoying the cool evening breeze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thee night dedicated to Thee Grotto’<\/em>s Sandi, celebrating the F-Bomb: Fifty!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great Breaks set included one of my favorites, “Stay In Love<\/a>“!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The bar stayed busy all night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First time seeing DJ 420 (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Still pretty empty this early…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A few brave souls were slowly getting on the dance floor!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some tunes in his set included a Breaks version of “Busy Child” and a “When Doves Cry” mashup. Impressive!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And THAT’s how you start a party!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted along the railing: Brandy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the booth: Jennifer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Brandy & Jennifer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: Brandy with Elaina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted showing his new sign: DJ Tooltime (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: Ace Cafe<\/em> supervisor Hector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: Newlyweds! Bob & Aimee <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ace Cafe<\/em> has an amazing downtown skyline view!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the 9PM time slot, DJ Jeffee (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Playing off vinyl only, his super fast-paced DnB set had him flying back and forth between the two decks positioned on opposite sides of the table!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The crowd was building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And they were really getting into his set that sounded like listening to old Orlando radio station 95.3Party<\/em>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A legend from Orlando’s early dance scene, I first encountered DJ Jeffee at Thee Grotto<\/em>‘s second reincarnation back in 2013 here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jeffee’s set was a sight to behold! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Up next, DJ Davie-D (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The parking lot was now jammed; the dance floor was now jammed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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So many Top 40 songs from the late-90’s and early 00’s were Breaks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And he went mostly Old Skool on us with songs like “Use Your Love” & “Not In Love”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Davie-D had everyone bouncing! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dance singer Ashley Anderson (USA) with Blog<\/em>-favorite Renee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Donia and Renee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the stairs: DJ Mynd (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: DJ Jimmy Joslin (USA) & DJ Playgurl (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted at the bar: DJ Jimmy Joslin & DJ Amygurl (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted at the bar: Mike with DJ Evolv3 (USA) & DJ Tooltime.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the booth: DJ duo Justin Rossilini aka JuzlOtym & Heather Collins (both USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Davie-D posing with his beautiful niece!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Playgurl (USA) up next!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crowd finally dancing next to the booth instead of away from it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Her set was also all-vinyl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Did we mention the downtown skyline? This grassy field will be the site of tonight’s concert featuring world famous DJ Paul Oakenfold (GB). What a setting and you need to be here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the grass field social distancing: Pleasure Island<\/em>er Dawn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Last night’s narration was provided by MC Shaggy (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then the surprise of the night, a short segment of live vocals provided by Ashley Anderson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OMG, near tears to my eyes as she sang the final song ever played at Mannequins<\/em>, “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)<\/a>“.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then the birthday song for the birthday girl!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Tooltime closing out this segment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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While Shawn Kerr (USA) was working the tech booth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the stroke of midnight, the legendary DJ Rob-E (USA) taking control of the club!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And the dance floor got packed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More Old Skool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Because the peeps want Old Skool!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yes they do!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the booth: Amanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More DJ’s than you can shake a stick at: DJ Heather Collins, DJ Dave Gluskin (USA) who opens for Paul Oakenfold tonight, DJ Losman (USA) & Rob-E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted at the bar: Stacey & Chris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Madeline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted breaking things up: Chris T.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Soon it was 1AM and we were into the final set: DJ Sandy (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Delivering us parts of Classic Dance songs such as “2 Bad Mice<\/a>“, “Egyptian Lover<\/a>” & “Jay and Jane<\/a>“.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Although a veteran of Orlando’s clubs for decades, I became familiar with him from his long residency at House of Blues SIN<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(You Are) The One.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Don’t forget, tonight <\/strong>the legendary DJ Paul Oakenfold (GB) is performing right here at Ace Cafe<\/em> and OEN <\/em>will have full coverage. And on November 28th, another Old Skool hit parade with Infinity (USA), Mark Sanchez (USA), DJ X (USA), DJ duo K5 and more!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was an amazing night last night and a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7493,"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":[2013],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DSCN2977-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-1Wi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458","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=7458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7531,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458\/revisions\/7531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}