The world of festive frolics was thrown into disarray with the news that injury may rule Aidan Elder out of the busy Christmas dancing programme. The shocking revelation that Elder had torn a hamstring emerged late on Friday night on the dancefloor of Tamangoes – the place where the gang were conspicuously absent from – prompting speculation that the gang may not longer still go.

Elder was burning things up on the dancefloor and attracting admiring glances from men and women alike, but when he attempted the ambitious ‘twirl-lunge-twirl’ combination during the bit in the Journey song where he sings “the movie never ends, it goes on and on and oooooonnnnn” the hamstring gave way. One stunned onlooker commented “up to that point it was brilliant – such daring and agility – but you could see the pain on his face immediately although he keep his jazz hands going superbly.”

It comes as a big blow to seasonal hijinks as Elder is viewed as an integral part of dancefloor tomfoolery. With some high profile nights coming up over the next few weeks including the second ever Grade A event at RiRa this Tuesday, the timing is awful. Speaking to his own blog from his oxygen recuperation tank, Elder said “it’s disappointing, but I’m hoping to make a swift recovery. There’s a lot of big nights in the next few weeks and they’re the ones every one wants to be involved in. Watching from the sidelines is very hard to take.”

Finishing with the obligatory random song lyric, Elder added “we’ve spent too much time on groundwork to be ground into the dirt by those who’d never exist if you wasn’t generic.”

There's a full (and by full I mean heavily edited) diary of all the New York shennanigans coming soon, but in the meantime, this, in my opinion ranks as the funniest moment of the week.

Me and Andy sitting watching Rocky 3 in the hotel room:

Me: This film is such bullshit. There is no way they would ever let them box when they've got so much blood streaming down their faces.

Andy: RIGHT! Fine then, we'll watch something else. [Changes channel] Look, it's the cheerleader from Heroes. What hole are you going to pick with her?

Me: Don't know, mate. I'd probably let her decide.

Doubts are starting to emerge about Elder's frame of mind ahead of the greatest show on earth this Sunday morning on the South Circular Road. The favourite for the SCK World Championship is rumoured to have had difficulties in his personal life and the persistent hand injury he suffered whilst killing Darth Vader shows no signs of abating.

Spokesperson for Elder, Aidan Elder was in no mood to admit weakness just hours before what he sees as being his destiny. "People have been talking all sorts of jive about me or jive-talking if you will, and yeah sure, not everything works out perfectly, but I guarantee that when my client, me, walks out onto that road tomorrow night, he will be nothing but 100% focused - and maybe slightly drunk - let's say 80% focused and 20% drunk."

Upon hearing that his client intends to go out drinking tonight and start again fairly early tomorrow, Elder's spokeperson revised his assesment to "errr... em ... well he may not be focused at all, let's be honest, but he does have huge amounts of talent, so let's hope he can do a bit of George Best and still produce a winning performance."