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DISCOS FOR BABIES
TUCSON DAILY - Chances are you won't get carded at Tucson's hottest new
dance club. But you will need a child - someone under the age of 11 or
so - to come along if you want to get in. Baby Club Congress, a family
disco, debuts Sunday in digs that Esquire magazine recently called one
of the best bars in America. Organizers say their goal is "putting the
'P' back in party." "It was the end of summer, and I wanted something
different to do," said Rebecca Hanley, whose parents have owned Hotel
Congress, 311 E. Congress St., since 1984. "All these moms were saying
they're stuck at home." Then she heard from a friend in Boston about
Baby Loves Disco, the brainchild of Heather Murphy Monteith, a
Philadelphia mom fed up with the commercialism (not to mention the junk
food) that seems to dominate traditional kid-oriented venues.
From a humble start in a nightclub in 2004, Baby Loves Disco now has
locations in more than 21 cities. "Baby Loves Disco is an urban
experiment and experience that challenges many norms . . . (It) serves
the priorities of the family by refusing to accept that parenting is an
isolated experience," Murphy Monteith wrote on her Web site. Although
Baby Club Congress is an independent enterprise, Hanley is confident the
concept will work in Tucson. "We have a disco," she said of the hotel's
iconic Club Congress. "And we have babies." Heather Rouse, a friend of
Hanley's, is excited about taking her baby, Hannah, to the opening
party. "I think it's a great opportunity for parents to meet other
parents and to get out and have a good time," she said. "There's going
to be a lot of interesting people." And, of course, there's the dancing.
"I've got a 12-month-old, and she loves to dance," Rouse said.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/65227.php
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DISCOS FOR BABIES
TUCSON DAILY - Chances are you won't get carded at Tucson's hottest new
dance club. But you will need a child - someone under the age of 11 or
so - to come along if you want to get in. Baby Club Congress, a family
disco, debuts Sunday in digs that Esquire magazine recently called one
of the best bars in America. Organizers say their goal is "putting the
'P' back in party." "It was the end of summer, and I wanted something
different to do," said Rebecca Hanley, whose parents have owned Hotel
Congress, 311 E. Congress St., since 1984. "All these moms were saying
they're stuck at home." Then she heard from a friend in Boston about
Baby Loves Disco, the brainchild of Heather Murphy Monteith, a
Philadelphia mom fed up with the commercialism (not to mention the junk
food) that seems to dominate traditional kid-oriented venues.
From a humble start in a nightclub in 2004, Baby Loves Disco now has
locations in more than 21 cities. "Baby Loves Disco is an urban
experiment and experience that challenges many norms . . . (It) serves
the priorities of the family by refusing to accept that parenting is an
isolated experience," Murphy Monteith wrote on her Web site. Although
Baby Club Congress is an independent enterprise, Hanley is confident the
concept will work in Tucson. "We have a disco," she said of the hotel's
iconic Club Congress. "And we have babies." Heather Rouse, a friend of
Hanley's, is excited about taking her baby, Hannah, to the opening
party. "I think it's a great opportunity for parents to meet other
parents and to get out and have a good time," she said. "There's going
to be a lot of interesting people." And, of course, there's the dancing.
"I've got a 12-month-old, and she loves to dance," Rouse said.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/65227.php
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