For my "Symphony Sunday" blog, which is generally about music, I would like to introduce you to a group of people we call the Track Pack. There is no official membership to this loose "organization," except that we keep each other updated on activities through a Facebook Messenger group with the same name.
Most of us met each other in the last year or two at Finger Lakes Racetrack, the "Track," in the Club Remedy Lounge; some had been going there for a much longer time prior to that. We come from all walks of life; young, middle-aged, older, and vastly different lifestyles and experiences. What's common among us is an absolute LOVE for dancing. Most of us are regulars at Club Remedy because they have live bands there every Friday and Saturday. There is no admission charge and soft drinks are free. Anyone who wishes to support Club Remedy and its entertainment can do so by the purchase of drinks, food, and/or a "donation" to a slot machine.
As we've seen each other on fairly regular visits to Club Remedy, we've formed friendships. Most of us like freeform dancing, and some of us are good at couples dancing. We often form a circle and dance together.
Since we also like to check out other venues and other bands not currently playing at Remedy, we had been sending various messages to each other to stay in touch about who was playing where and who wanted to go and dance to what band. I created a group message with a list of names of everyone I was friends with who went to Remedy to try to consolidate this messaging system. I wanted to give it a name to differentiate it from all the other group messages. I came up with "Track Pack," a spin off the old name, "Rat Pack" of Sammy Davis, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. While the name was only meant to be used for a message group, many of us regularly call ourselves the Track Pack now. Unlike the Rat Pack, you wouldn't necessarily want to hear us sing, ha ha! We'll stick to what we do well, which is dancing.
Over the course of a typical week, you'll see us exchanging messages about what band is playing where and who wants to go. Sometimes most of us end up in the same place, sometimes we end up in smaller groups at different places. A few of our other frequented places include Nashville's on West Henrietta Road, the Sand Bar in Canandaigua, Bar Louie, private parties, Ontario Beach for the Summer Concert series, and Barnard Park. This is not a complete list. We also invaded Eastview Mall one Sunday morning in December to pose for "Santa Baby" pictures with Santa Claus and a group of cops who happened to be there!
We have a few photo opportunists within the group, so you will almost always see photos posted on our Facebook pages by the next day.
It's a great, friendly and fun group of people with a common love of dancing.
A typical night for the Track Pack at Club Remedy
"Santa Baby" photo shoot at Eastview Mall
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