Chewing gum during a demonstration???

[Tasek]

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Last wednesday we had dancetests at my danceschool (at the end of the courses you can dance for a judge and get marked, all in good fun, not as serious as it sounds) and there was also a short bachata demonstration; well demonstration is a big word, the teacher had sent some (supposingly advanced??) guy over who danced a bachata with the teaching assisstant(she did alright). Now i'm not going to talk about the technical errors, and barely covered up mistakes as most of the people there won't have noticed (the ballroom dancers, and salsa beginners don't know enough about bachata to notice), but when you're supposed to give a demonstration could you please please pretend that you care, maybe even look your dancepartner in the eyes every now and then, and, in the name of whatever you hold dear, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, chew gum during the demonstration. :evil: :evil: :x :cry:
</rant>

Ahhhh, needed to get that of my chest, thanks for letting me vent

 

[Lockstep]

argh! i can *so* feel your pain...for my own rant, check the link below...

http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=7047&highlight=

 

[cocodrilo]

Pitiful manners...Some people don't have any shame(this is MY rant at the moment! Mine is dealing with musicians that don't seem to mind if they mess up BIG TIME in front of an audience!)...

 

[bjp22tango]

A few years back I saw a dance professional do a demonstration with one of his students. The demonstration itself was great, but he was chewing gum like crazy the whole time. I was paying more attention to whether or not he would realize he was chewing gum then the dancing. He never did notice. Someone had to tell him afterward. I hope someone took a video to show him how silly he looked. And no matter how involved he was in the dancing, it looked like he was only half there.

 

[Sagitta]

Had some bad pictures taken of me chewing gum while social dancing so I don't ever chew gum anymore.

 

[dancin/dj]

Had some bad pictures taken of me chewing gum while social dancing so I don't ever chew gum anymore.

a pic tells a thousand words :lol: ,but u can chew gum i its fiftys oldies music sagitta.

 

[dancin/dj]

Pitiful manners...Some people don't have any shame(this is MY rant at the moment! Mine is dealing with musicians that don't seem to mind if they mess up BIG TIME in front of an audience!)...

i hear ya cocodrilo,lets start rant page on musicans ,u, me, and vince, can start the thread :wink: ,will start with american idol :roll: ,how in the world can people go on tv and really sing that bad? i used to host open mike night at 2 different venues-i saw amercian idol before it came on tv :!:

 

[cocodrilo]

Pitiful manners...Some people don't have any shame(this is MY rant at the moment! Mine is dealing with musicians that don't seem to mind if they mess up BIG TIME in front of an audience!)...

i hear ya cocodrilo,lets start rant page on musicans ,u, me, and vince, can start the thread :wink: ,will start with american idol :roll: ,how in the world can people go on tv and really sing that bad? i used to host open mike night at 2 different venues-i saw amercian idol before it came on tv :!:

How about a "my sax player sucks so badly and thinks he's god's gift to women and can paw me and my friend at the same time so I want to go out and buy semi-automatic weapons" thread? :twisted:

 

[pygmalion]

Pitiful manners...Some people don't have any shame(this is MY rant at the moment! Mine is dealing with musicians that don't seem to mind if they mess up BIG TIME in front of an audience!)...

Sad to say, probably only other other musicians in the band or in the audience noticed. :?

 

[pygmalion]

Oh yeah, and I agree, Tasek. Chewing gum during a demo? Just plain rude. Rant away. :wink:

 

[africana]

Had some bad pictures taken of me chewing gum while social dancing so I don't ever chew gum anymore.

wow I chew gum all the time while dancing to fight any lingering bad breath. didn't think it might look bad hmmmm

 

[pygmalion]

During social dancing doesn't bother me. I guess others might see it differently. And chewing gum is definitely preferable to bad breath. *shudder*

During a demo is different than social dancing, I think. 8)

 

[randomMysh]

Two words: listerine strips. They have a vile taste will make whatever you eat/drink right afterwards taste vile as well, but they take care of the breath and you don't have to chew it!!!
I don't think gum while dancing is ok at all. The chances of it ending up on someone's hair, in someone's windpipe or on the dance floor itself (and then on shoes!) are just too high.
And definitely NOT during a performance. I don't care how low key it was, still!!!

 

[dancin/dj]

Pitiful manners...Some people don't have any shame(this is MY rant at the moment! Mine is dealing with musicians that don't seem to mind if they mess up BIG TIME in front of an audience!)...

i hear ya cocodrilo,lets start rant page on musicans ,u, me, and vince, can start the thread :wink: ,will start with american idol :roll: ,how in the world can people go on tv and really sing that bad? i used to host open mike night at 2 different venues-i saw amercian idol before it came on tv :!:

How about a "my sax player sucks so badly and thinks he's god's gift to women and can paw me and my friend at the same time so I want to go out and buy semi-automatic weapons" thread? :twisted:

wow cocodrilo that sax guy is hitting the wrong notes,what kind of band do u have?

 

[Sagitta]

Two words: listerine strips. They have a vile taste will make whatever you eat/drink right afterwards taste vile as well, but they take care of the breath and you don't have to chew it!!!
I don't think gum while dancing is ok at all. The chances of it ending up on someone's hair, in someone's windpipe or on the dance floor itself (and then on shoes!) are just too high.
And definitely NOT during a performance. I don't care how low key it was, still!!!

No problem with the windpipe, floor, or even hair issue. Never had that when I was a gum addict.