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Film, Video Follow The Music Experience: Clubhouse Reunion

Video recording of the Clubhouse Reunion event

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[ Photographs from the Clubhouse Reunion event ]

About this Item

Title

  • Follow The Music Experience: Clubhouse Reunion

Names

  • Brickhouse, Junious (Contributor)
  • Huff, Ricki (Recordist)
  • Eddy, John F. (Contributor)
  • Randolph, Chris Chosen (Contributor)
  • Tate, Jay Jay (Contributor)

Created / Published

  • Washington, District of Columbia, May 27, 2023

Headings

  • -  African American disc jockeys
  • -  Nightlife
  • -  Underground music
  • -  African Americans--Social life and customs
  • -  Gay culture
  • -  Dance parties
  • -  Gay people, Black
  • -  House music--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  Dance
  • -  United States -- Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image
  • Dance

Notes

  • -  Summary: The Clubhouse Reunion, organized by Chris “DJ Chosen” Randolph & DJ JayJay Tate, among others, occurred on May 28, 2023 from 3pm-9pm at Club Bravo Bravo, located at 1001 Connecticut Ave NW. The Music of the world-renowned Washington, DC Clubhouse (1975-1990) is recounted by living resident DJs, contributors, dancers, and clubgoers. On the original Clubhouse: In July 1974, the Metropolitan Capitolites, a social club for black queer Washingtonians, selected 1296 Upshur St, NW as the site for its new nightclub venture: the ClubHouse. The Clubhouse's website is located at: www.clubhousedc.com and was last accessed on 8/28/2025.
  • -  Keywords: Tito Robinson, John Eddy, DJ Mandrill, The Loft, Paradise Garage, Richard Long, The Shelter, NYC, David Mancuso, Black Pride
  • -  Venue: Recorded at Bravo Bravo, Washington, District of Columbia.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 2 still image files (JPG): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Washington, DC

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • image

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, Ricki Huff, John F Eddy, Chris Chosen Randolph, and Jay Jay Tate. Follow The Music Experience: Clubhouse Reunion. Washington, District of Columbia, 2023. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_085/.

APA citation style:

Brickhouse, J., Huff, R., Eddy, J. F., Randolph, C. C. & Tate, J. J. (2023) Follow The Music Experience: Clubhouse Reunion. Washington, District of Columbia. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_085/.

MLA citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, et al. Follow The Music Experience: Clubhouse Reunion. Washington, District of Columbia, 2023. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_085/>.