Dancin' and Singin' and Movin' to the Groovin'

Hippies and freaks, as far as the eye could see!

Howard and the missus had fun Saturday at the Tour de Fat, an annual fat tire bicycle ride, or actually a parade, from the host mothership at New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado through the Old Town, around the Colorado State University campus, and back to the brewery down the Fort Collins mainstreet of College Avenue. Over 2,000 hippies and freaks riding tricked-out bikes and wearing amazingly inspired costumes.

Thankfully, the police were great, stopping traffic at every major intersection!

While at the CSU Oval -- nexus of the original campus -- all the hippies and freaks dismounted, congregated at the center of the Oval, and grooved to Wild Cherry's Play That Funky Music from 1976 [click the YouTube link to start the groovin']:

Yeah, they were dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted

Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music white boy
Lay down that boogie and play that funky music till you die…
(hey,hey) till you die…yeah, yeah

Imagine 2,000 hippies and freaks dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin' of Wild Cherry's one hit wonder. Loved it -- especially since Howard and the missus were teens when that song came out!

When the song ended, we all resaddled and rode back to the New Belgium Brewery mothership to continue the fun with Fat Tire Ale and tunes and further bicycle shenanigans.

So to honor the events of Saturday, I present a special treat, also from the 70's...

Bicycle Repair Man

P.S. Here is the totality of coverage given the Tour de Fat by the Fort Collins daily rag the next morning. In the lingo of the 70's, "total squares." Either that or Saturday is their day off.