Drinking and Dancing
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MissAlyssa
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When we go out on our nights out with students we allow them to drink and we may have a drink or two but we monitor this extremely carefully.
Yep, this would be true here, although people do expect to be able to get a drink if they want one. The venues local dance clubs and studios use do tend to have bar service avaliable, but few people drink very much. Water on the other hand, is very much in demand.
This can be a problem as when our club puts on an event we have to garantee a certain amount of bar sales in order to cover the costs of opening the bar (staff and security). If this amount is not exceeded then we pay the difference.
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Sarah
This can be a problem as when our club puts on an event we have to garantee a certain amount of bar sales in order to cover the costs of opening the bar (staff and security). If this amount is not exceeded then we pay the difference.
Cheers
Sarah
Sarah said:This can be a problem as when our club puts on an event we have to garantee a certain amount of bar sales in order to cover the costs of opening the bar (staff and security). If this amount is not exceeded then we pay the difference.
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Sarah
Just to clarify - this is for parties and such that the clubs throw - not at the studios themselves.....
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Sarah
Swing Kitten
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LOL!!Sarah said:Sarah said:This can be a problem as when our club puts on an event we have to garantee a certain amount of bar sales in order to cover the costs of opening the bar (staff and security). If this amount is not exceeded then we pay the difference.
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Sarah
Just to clarify - this is for parties and such that the clubs throw - not at the studios themselves.....
Cheers
Sarah
I'm with you, Sarah. Most of my "crazy friends who can't dance" get maybe one alcoholic beverage, and lots of water! We don't pre-arrange with the venue, though. Just go to a club by agreement, pay whatever cover charge, then dance! Then nobody's left holding the bag. Oops! That's an American slang. Do you know it? Uum. It means nobody's left with the unwanted responsibility of paying up when the night's over. (In this context 
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)SwinginBoo
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This is an interesting topic.
This past summer Foxwoods casino hosted free Swing Sundays. Every Sunday night they had a live band and great DJ music between breaks. It was so much fun, and it was a great thing to do on a Sunday night. But low and behold, swing dancers don't usually drink that much. So at the end of the summer they did away with it. It was too bad because they got a great crowd of people in there. IT really makes me angry :evil: because the casino is taking in tons of money, and even if people aren't drinking, I'm sure they've put a bit a money in the slots. I hate gambling, but from what I understand a lot of people like it. My point is, if you aren't drinking heavily (as most of us aren't if we want to come out of a dance alive) clubs and bars etc. aren't likely to continue having dances. :cry:
This past summer Foxwoods casino hosted free Swing Sundays. Every Sunday night they had a live band and great DJ music between breaks. It was so much fun, and it was a great thing to do on a Sunday night. But low and behold, swing dancers don't usually drink that much. So at the end of the summer they did away with it. It was too bad because they got a great crowd of people in there. IT really makes me angry :evil: because the casino is taking in tons of money, and even if people aren't drinking, I'm sure they've put a bit a money in the slots. I hate gambling, but from what I understand a lot of people like it. My point is, if you aren't drinking heavily (as most of us aren't if we want to come out of a dance alive) clubs and bars etc. aren't likely to continue having dances. :cry:
Here, a couple very enterprising people have made a business of sponsoring public ballroom dances, where there is no drinking at all. They rent a couple venues, supply the DJ'ing, play a good mix of various styles of music, and even call out what the dances are. For $8 or $9, you get three hours of good quality dance music with like-minded dancers in a smoke-free, no alcohol environment. The even include a "free" half-hour class before the dance starts. Good deal.
Spitfire
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pygmalion said:
I would love to see something like this here. There is the USABDA which puts on a very good dance, but it's only once a month. (Well, not quite; it's a dance one month and one the next and a workshop for the following)Something like this would be a nice supplement.
Spitfire
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SwinginBoo said:
The only swing venue I've been to that serves liquor is the Century Ballroom in Seattle where I went dancing my last two trips there. It has a very nice bar, but I think they probably sold as much bottled water and soft drinks. I just didn't see a lot of liquor being consumed; too much focus on dancing which is good.
Normally, this is what we do too - There's one bar in town which hosts a latin night every Thursday and swing every Wednesday. $2 cover if there's a band. Once a year however, we do it properly! 10 or 14 piece latin band, giant video screen, quality DJing in between sets, between 3 and 4 hundred people having a really great time.pygmalion said:
Then nobody's left holding the bag. Oops! That's an American slang. Do you know it? Uum. It means nobody's left with the unwanted responsibility of paying up when the night's over. (In this context
Don't worry, Pygmalion - due to cultural imperialism and the US's overwhelming presence on the world stage, I speak Kiwi but can understand in American.
But a biscuit is a cookie, not a scone, and you don't eat it with gravy. That just ain't right.
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Sarah
That's too funny. I wonder when biscuits became scones in the US? Hmm. By the way, I hate them with gravy! One of the big cookie/biscuit manufacturers in the US is Nabisco. National Biscuit Company. So, at some point, we imperialist Americans must have known the proper definition of a biscuit! :lol: :lol:
As far as the dance thing, have you considered printing and pre-selling tickets, to keep from being stuck with the costs? Just a thought.
As far as the dance thing, have you considered printing and pre-selling tickets, to keep from being stuck with the costs? Just a thought.
pygmalion said:As far as the dance thing, have you considered printing and pre-selling tickets, to keep from being stuck with the costs? Just a thought.
Oh yes we do do that - at a small discount even for pre-sales, But we still find that door sales make up the bulk of the income. It's not a huge problem as the club has a reasonable amount of cash in reserve. We usually aim to break even on parties but a small loss will not kill us.
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Sarah