Introducing: Let the Kids Dance!
Ghost Herd
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 902 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
You know that Kevin Bacon movie where a small town outlaws dancing and the teens fight back? What if I told you that happened in Seattle. In the 90s.
Let the Kids Dance is a new podcast telling an untold story from a famous moment in music history – the rise and fall of Seattle’s teen dance ordinance. A story of moral panic, grassroots activism, and an unstoppable music community that fought for its freedom.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Matt Martin, one of the producers of Ghost Herd. I hope you enjoyed our deep dive into the Easter Day saga. |
| 0:07.0 | Well, the podcast team here at Kewa W, we have another show we think you might enjoy. |
| 0:11.0 | It's called Let the Kids Dance. It's about the era of Seattle's |
| 0:15.3 | team dance ordinance, a city law that made it illegal for young people to go to |
| 0:19.6 | concerts during the height of the grunge explosion. |
| 0:23.0 | I hope you enjoy this little preview. |
| 0:25.0 | Follow the link in the show notes to hear the rest of the series. |
| 0:28.0 | And thanks. Seattle is now the hottest music city in the country at the moment. |
| 0:38.0 | Grunge is the fashion trend launched by the hard-driving guitar music known as the Seattle sound. |
| 0:44.0 | Everybody knows the story of Seattle music in the 90s, but that story leaves out the weirdest |
| 0:49.6 | chapter of all. |
| 0:50.6 | Seattle was never what the world thought it was because the undercurrent was always the |
| 0:55.1 | team dance ordinance. The team dance ordinance. The Seattle law made it illegal for people |
| 1:00.4 | under a team to go to concerts and dance. While Grunge was taking over pop culture for people |
| 1:05.0 | to go to concerts and dance. |
| 1:03.0 | While Grunge was taking over pop culture, |
| 1:05.0 | young music fans were fighting for their freedom. |
| 1:08.0 | People see the movie Footloose |
| 1:10.0 | and they're kind of laughing. |
| 1:11.0 | Well, that really happened. |
| 1:12.0 | You want us to stay at home and smoke weed or do you |
| 1:15.3 | want us to go out and like dance around and have fun? |
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