{"id":5124,"date":"2023-07-23T17:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T17:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2023-07-28T03:17:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T03:17:29","slug":"chaka-khan-hacienda-16-07-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/chaka-khan-hacienda-16-07-23\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAKA KHAN HACIENDA 16.07.23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5125\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/chaka-khan-hacienda-16-07-23\/img_1647\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?fit=1600%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chaka Khan Hacienda\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?fit=580%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?fit=695%2C695&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=580%2C580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=940%2C940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1647.jpg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chaka Khan Hacienda<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Grows Up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ree De La Vega ain\u2019t new to this. The Chaka Khan Hacienda curator has been at it for years, close to two decades. There is no time for the celebrated planner to party.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She commands attention. Her signature black bangs, shoulder length mane, black stunners, red jersey dress and legs for days, struts across the hardwood to surprise someone with a heartfelt hug. Earlier, the avid vinyl collector distributed wristbands at the entry gate of her own event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/antidotestyle.com\/blogs\/anti-mag\/absolutely-modern-atl-ree-de-la-vega\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">model<\/a> is a force to be reckoned. She knows how to throw the best get downs. A lesson many promoters dare to finesse from her playbook.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>19:00<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The line stretches forever.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As far back as the eye views.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Easily, one-hundred souls deep, their bodies hunched, their footwear treading gravel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Waiting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In all attire, or the lack thereof.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This is the entertainment of people watching.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Chains. Straps. Spikes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>On kids.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Youngsters of the final generation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cGiving\u201d and \u201cYasss\u201d are realtime buzzwords. Overhearing their sexcapades is priceless.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Next to his tryst friend, gulfs a lanky fella wearing black faux leather and a white crop top reminiscing, \u201cLast year, parties were held every Sunday, all summer.\u201d Another friend with chopped blonde curls and mocha skin joins the party of five. \u201cWe never had these lines before,\u201d a voice chimes from behind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAnd forget paying to enter.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There is a long pause.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Perhaps for a moment of silence.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAnd who brought a pay it forward ticket?\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMe!\u201d The chimer\u2019s friend responds emphatically.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In view, the twink\u2019s ass cheeks are exposed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They\u2019re tanning in the illuminated lamp of the giant ball overhead.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The heat.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ninety-one degree temperatures.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Remembering the event began one hour later to avoid the bask.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>At 10 after 7 pm, the sun\u2019s rays continue to burn.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI have diabetes,\u201d says the pretty boi, barely of legal age, wearing his insulin patch on his right bicep.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He sashays in short-shorts to the front of the line where he-actually-is granted entrance ahead everyone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Growth<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A half decade ago, Chaka Khan Hacienda was voted best day party by independent print publications.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Sunday Funday became a storied folklore on Ponce de Le\u00f3n at the community restaurant 8arm.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In four years, Hacienda had outgrown its roots at the then soon-to-be defunct eatery. Another casualty of big money meets gentriFUCKation. The weekly summer series relocated east to Dekalb County to that newly \u201cCreative City.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pullmanyards.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pullman Yards<\/a>, the former rail car manufacturer that employed several hundred African American men in its heyday. By the mid 20th century, Pullman closed to become other enterprises, the most recent a film locale.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Fast forward to this summer, Chaka Khan Hacienda is scaled back. Every third Sunday of the month reads the event\u2019s prospectus online. This allows additional time for the preparation, planning, and execution of the event that so many have grown to freely cherish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Today, that love is shown via emptying pocketbooks and tapping digital wallets. As in Hacienda is no longer free. The newly charged admission fees-pay it forward tickets and donations-is due to the rising cost of producing such an event on a wide scale. Chaka Khan Hacienda might have 99 successes, and one of em\u2019 is growth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A Giant Rave<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Electronic ticket; scanned. Wristband; got it. Once admitted. Behold!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>More lines. Dazzling bodies sparkling in the heat, patiently awaiting to order mojitos. Another line of ten deep anticipates their vegan street corn. Watch out! Trek the steel black stairs to the elevated bridge enclosed on the right side.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Where shoulders bounce and heads bop to melodies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Areal views are sweeping-pink and yellow vendor tents, umbrella tops, several picnic tables where mouths munch on quesadillas de queso, and bocce ball courts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Ahead, the parking lot runs into several blue tennis courts. Nearby, a container houses the nucleus of the rave\u2019s soundtrack. Where limbs rush the air and sneakers kick rocks to the four-on-the-floor. Home is the dance space.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">19:45<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You eye the expanse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Stand offishly. Searching. And roaming. Your vision bounces from the peripheral to the fore. For someone. For something.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">All that is missing are carnival rides and this rave might mistakenly be a micro Coachella.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Instead of a ferris wheel, erected front and center, reads PULLMAN spelled across the upper portholes on what appears to be an oversized brick barn. The structure is imposing. Almost menacing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The windows have eyes. Viewing the guests below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Youthful Culture<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Did these people spend all day dressing up?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>By the looks of this month\u2019s themes, kiki and Pandam anyone?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Yes. Leather, glitter, and vinyl platform boots.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The kids arrive in groups.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Oh, the groups.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Banji boys clacking handheld fans.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Flossy Posse sipping salted rim margaritas. And adjacent the artist tent, a gang of furries.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Every activity is performed in groups. A parade of bustiers, lace and fishnet leggings move to and fro, around and about. Eyes follow the meandering across the Yard. Sweat drops. Moisture builds in exposed and hidden crevices. Naked skin on display everywhere. Is that a penis?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Location<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enter the belly of the beast.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pullmanyards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AlcoHall<\/a> is catchy and cleverly named. Yes. Feel the cool crisp blasting air. Savor a handcrafted mocktail. Dare to ride that raging mechanical bull.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Otherwise, stepping indoors is useless.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The party should be kept outdoors in the Yard.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The issue.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>AlcoHall is not equipped for big room acoustics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The soundscape lacks warmth, a full and dynamic audio experience.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There are not enough bodies to absorb the sound and shock.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Instead, the decibels travel through a void before reverberating against wood columns and cross beams.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>A remix of Teedra Moses\u2019 \u201cBe Your Girl\u201d should excite, not be abhorred. Perhaps the month prior, flesh filled every square inch of all four corners in the hall. This evening, half the venue sits empty. The rear vendor stalls sells food and drinks to customers called distracted and boredom.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bar stools and round tables are abandoned. Security relaxed, as one <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>burly in blue chases unauthorized patrons without green wristbands. The other officer yawns. Perhaps, the half-empty, half-filled hall is for safety measures. Sold out! Reads the digital flyers and posts on socials. That yielded over 40 ticket scammers selling fakes. The Hall is where LA\u2019s Bianca Oblivion headlines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ll just stay outside,\u201d a woman smartly stated earlier, in line, that evening.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Back in the Yard, the music sounds 10 X better. And minus the stifling humidity, the Yard feels 80 X better. The \u201clook at me\u201dexhibitionists with their brown and buff bods stand in groups chatting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There is freedom from monoculturalism.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Look around, a flourishing of nationalities and ethnicities are present.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Lebanon, Haiti, Palestine reads a t-shirt. Does that even exist? Apparently so at Chaka Khan Hacienda. The event that has 99 successes and one of em\u2019 is multiculturalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">20:00<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Again, you eye the expanse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Cautiously. Searching. And roaming. For someone. For something. Perhaps for a song. When suddenly a raucous melody of beating drums and jabbing chords draws you into the crux of movers and shakers. There you find.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Connections<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stare into her eyes. She returns the favor. Both your gazes are locked.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Both discovering the worlds of each other\u2019s souls. Her arm swings left. Your arm swings right. Her hips sway right, your hips go left. Without thought, your feet spin around. She follows. Your straw bucket hat can\u2019t match her braids twirling as if she paints brushstrokes of pink and periwinkle in the sky against the setting sol. The feeling of making a connection without verbally speaking is destiny.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The mere fact, you believe you were summoned here to dance with her. You both speak the same language. The language of movement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Dance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hedonism<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You want a popper?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>A random young lady offers. You politely refuse. These days you don\u2019t know what lurks in substances. However, that does not deter another man in black from inhaling.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Inclusiveness<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is part of Chaka Khan Haciendas\u2019 appeal. Inclusiveness is the new acceptance. People are welcomed with open arms. No matter their past, appearance, pronouns. No one points fingers and laughs. No one gives a fuck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A judgement free zone<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Everyone\u2019s taste is served at the Hacienda. Hairy shoulders. Got \u2018em. Tats. Over here. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Nip piercings. Over there. Waxed scrotums. Yes. Queens, doms, twinks, and bears in every hue, shape and size are on menu.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Even bald baddies to grey haired daddies are present. Everyone can get it! <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Music<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Now that you have a dance partner, two-stepping in a blowing sea of bubbles, the fun begins.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The deejay throws down, views from outside the open window of the container.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Like the one located on the Beltline\u2019s Eastside Trail underneath the Freedom Parkway Bridge.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Thanks to Ree De La Vega and a Beltline grant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>DJ ??? serves house variants of Beyonce\u2019s \u201cMove,\u201d Ciara\u2019s \u201cGet Up,\u201d to Gwen Stefani\u2019s \u201cHollaback Girl.\u201d The varied playlist of ballroom, Jersey club, juke, Afro, acid and 808 breaks keeps you two grooving into the night underneath the dancing stars.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You a ball of sweat.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Your pink long tee totally drenched.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>A feeling of euphoria sets into your core.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Inhale.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Release.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Feel the freedom.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>To be who you are without label and legislation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The freedom that keeps you glowing for days, if not the week to come. Remembering, Chaka Khan Hacienda might have 99 successes, but never will it be a lame ass party.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0Periodt. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">wrds: aj dance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajdance76\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png?w=695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/chaka-khan-hacienda-16-07-23\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaka Khan Hacienda\u00a0 Grows Up Ree De La Vega ain\u2019t new to this. The Chaka Khan Hacienda curator has been at it for years, close to two decades. There is no time for the celebrated planner to party.\u00a0 She commands attention. 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