How’s this for something completely different? Next Saturday, Arkansas’ finest groove merchants, Eclipse Glasses Banda and Velvet Kente, come together to put on a dance cruise aboard the Arkansas Queen.

The party starts at 10 p.m. Cast-off is at 10:30 p.m., and the boat will come back to land at 1:30 a.m. Tickets, available only ahead of time, are $15 and for sale at the Station Grocery and Deli. For reservations call, 372-5777.

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I’m emceeing. What that means, I’m not quite sure. Telling people not to lean too far over the paddle wheel? Pointing out nighttime flora and fauna?

Wearing a captain’s hat, I hope.

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UPDATE: You gotta be 21 to come aboard. Booze cruise!

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