Trav's Thoughts

I just checked the news and saw that a million people are evacuating ahead of the out of control fires in southern California. It's the biggest evacuation in the history of California, reaching from north of Los Angeles to the US-Mexican border. San Diego Fire Capt. Kirk Humphries said, “We can save some stuff but we can’t stop it.”

The fire is being whipped by fierce Santa Ana winds, and it's so big that it is creating its own wind as it roars on its way. The fire is raging over 600 square miles and has destroyed more than 1300 homes, with another 68,000 threatened. Officials say there is nothing to be done until the winds die down, which they don't expect to happen for another day at least.

So far only one person is known to have died. At least 16 fire fighters have been injured in the effort to protect homes.

Please spare a few thoughts for the fire fighters, medical and support crews, police, and other emergency responders, as well as the people who have lost property and homes.



There was some sizzle and some fizzle on Latin night. As Turnbaby would say, there were a few performances that made us all squelchy.

Thanks to those who voted for encores. It looks like we're good for four again.

First up, we have Turn's choice of Rumba from Helio and Julianne. The judges thought Helio had his scary face, but we thought the dance was one of the sizzlers.



Julie selects Mel and Maks and their smoking Samba.



Vinny and I must have another dose of Ms Jane. This is one sexy lady y'all.



The big vote getter was Cameron and Edyta. Julie, Turn, Angell, and my dear Pam evidently agree that Cameron is yummy. Me and Vinny are looking for another dose of Edyta's legs.



Yeeeeowsa!

Let's cue that music now!

Here's a reminder of the leader board from Monday night.

29 Mel
28 Sabrina
26 Ms Jane
26 Cameron
25 Jennie
23 Helio
21 Marie
21 Mark

The judges select Mel and Maks for the encore.

Jennifer Lopez is in the ballroom y'all. Boots...oh the boots...help...Vinny! See the boots? I'm all wobbly now...uhm...THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP.

Sabrina and Mark are safe, as are Mel and Maks.

HA! Helio says he's a race car driver and they only go one direction...left!

Christian Perry and his dancers rock the ballroom. It's a bit of a manic lindy hop to new wave music. Very interesting. Perry is putting together a group dance for the remaining seven pairs for next week's performance show. I hope it's not a manic lindy hop.

Jennifer Lopez returns to perform Let's Get Loud. Oh my. The ladies are chair dancing. We like Latin week. If anyone needs me, I'll just be over here in my drool puddle. J-Lo flames the ballroom.

Cameron and Edyta advance with Jennie and Derek. Marie and Jonathan will be back next week with Helio and Julianne.

Mark and Kym are in the bottom two. Ms Jane and Tony in the bottom two????

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Breathing again as Mark and Kym go home.

And now the competition is on. Next week is a brand new dance that the pairs have never done before, plus a special group dance that is for fan votes only.

Remember you can vote for your choice of encore after the performance show.

Here's a bonus. This is the piece choreographed by Wade Robson from last week's results show. If you're not familiar with Wade, he is the man behind the curtain that you see first.