We do learn that the principles of the Fiesta Band have some rules in place, which was news to me as I've yet to see these rules in action.
"We've got a couple rules," Dunn said. "When a train comes by, everybody has to stop what they're doing and square dance..."
The other rule is that they have to walk or dance past the windows at nearby Rippingtons restaurant at least once every Friday. They've done it to the song "YMCA" before and got a good reaction, he said.
But the most interesting part for me was how they're being treated as a town resource by local pols.
The way they energize the corner also has attracted positive attention from town officials.
Mayor Pro Tem Martin Lane recently asked them to have an additional "fiesta" to greet traffic coming through town for the Queen's Cup Steeplechase in Mineral Springs. Mayor Daune Gardner posted on their Facebook page that it would show "the Steeplechase crowd Waxhaw's fun and quirky side..."
The message Lane wanted travelers to get from the Fiesta Band was, "we have fun here in Waxhaw," he said. "Come and hang out next weekend. You don't have to wait till the Steeplechase to have fun in Waxhaw."
I hope these requests will be few & far between because we sure don't want the Fiesta Band to be seen as corrupted by the man. But if they do go that route, have they considered doing my neighborhood block party?
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