Watts carefully weighing up which Bananarama hit will really get the party jumping

"It was terrible," said hostess Diana Powers. "When Macca said he and Jase were going to the pub, I nearly started crying. I spent way too much on the Chinese lantern decorations for my party to end at 10:30."

Diana's fiance, Pete Swanston, feared the worst. "I knew the party was in trouble from the outset. For starters, no-one brought their own spirits, despite us writing it in bold on the invitations. Then, Diana got pissed off because Hughsey got us the new Wild FM album as a gift, instead of the Corningware set she wanted."

Things looked even more dire when regular party animals Steve and Trent Businovski announced they weren't drinking because they'd been out the night before and had to work the next day. "I was counting on Steve to get things moving," said Diana. "How could he do this to me?"

When not even 'The Bird Dance' coaxed guests onto the dancefloor, DJ Jordan Watts pulled out the big guns. "As soon as they heard the words, "Church house, gin house", everyone just lined up in a grid and got ready to dance. I followed 'Nutbush' with 'Bust A Move' and then the 'Grease Megamix', and I knew things were going to be OK."

There was a brief moment of panic a few songs later, when Watts accidentally played 'It's Raining Men' instead of 'Loveshack'. Fortunately, he was able to draw crowds back to the dancefloor by segueing quickly into Toni Basil's 'Mickey'.

"I think Diana and Pete will make a lovely couple," said guest Travis Hughes. "As long as they pick something catchy for the bridal waltz, like 'Shake Your Tail Feather' or 'Footloose', the wedding should go off without a hitch."

[Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party Fritz    April 10th, 2007 - 6:51 AM The scariest thing is that every weekend, in the depth of a friday night, at a hall or hired room at a western RSL club, no matter where you are in Australia, this shit still happens. It can be quite disturbing if you find yourself at one of these shindigs. The people who should be locked up are the ones who actually no how to dance the nut-bush song or think they are Kevin Bacon when footloose comes on.

[Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party hammerondaridiculous    April 10th, 2007 - 7:02 AM Ive been to this party before. Several Times! The Horror, The Horror And for some bizzarre reason, I'd love to know what the current  footloose/Broken Ankle ratio is? Does anyone know?

[Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party jt_woods    April 10th, 2007 - 8:56 AM I was at this party. This article is inaccurate. It wasn't until the chugga-chugga-chug bass riff of My Sharona blasted out that the people were really busting a mid-90's groove.

Re: [Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party Mr Pants    April 10th, 2007 - 9:05 AM *shrill screams of terror hinting at a deeply repressed memory resurfacing*

[Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party TAFKA.Gilly    April 10th, 2007 - 5:38 PM Well my high point was when the blokes all had man cuddles singing Khe San, or at least the first verse before it became a mumble fest.

Re: [Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party The I Don't Fucking Care Bear    April 10th, 2007 - 8:05 PM Bugger you all. This shit rocks  They forgot the Time Warp and the Macarena and YMCA.

[Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party Mezeltov Cocktail    April 11th, 2007 - 4:30 AM What about Mambo No 5 and the Ketchup song? I've been to that party, many times, and always had fun.

Re: [Article]`Nutbush City Limits` revives party MarryMeChris!    April 11th, 2007 - 5:03 AM Oh I have been to this party many, many times... No Eagle Rock? (Thank God)