lcdancesport
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Yeah don't dance and drink, you'll regret it later. Plus drinking will just make you dehydrated! Stick to water and pay attention to what you're doing.
Dancing while buzzed or drunk.
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Izzy20
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I went to a club with a guy once. he was a perfect gentleman untill he had drunk some alcohol. Then he became well less than a gentleman. He kept trying to dance (before ballroom just kinda doin the swaying to the music thing) but it was incredibly awkward. He was also underage and my ride home.
My point is alcohol changes who people are. Take it with a grain of salt. I'm not alcohols biggest fan.
My point is alcohol changes who people are. Take it with a grain of salt. I'm not alcohols biggest fan.
danceronice
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If you are attending the sweet sixteen and are yourself in fact under 21, the question is academic. You're underage. Not a smart thing to do. And while I suppose there are people who can 'get a buzz' and still manage to dance, in my experience most can't. As for using it to loosen up, please take advice from someone who attended one of the most alcohol-intense universities in the country--people who drink to 'loosen up' are the ones who usually end up making idiots of themselves. While those of us who are still sober laugh at them.
Besides, you're too young to be learning about hangovers, too. It's an experience that should be put off as long as possible.
Besides, you're too young to be learning about hangovers, too. It's an experience that should be put off as long as possible.
Easy
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Drinking til you feel the drink only leads to loss of control. It's a sweet 16. You'll have better memories and more respect if you don't drink. If you're worried about the girls thinking you're cool...let them do the drinking. They'll think you're the Jackie Chan of the dance floor with all of your control 
Drunks think well of themselves, while others look on with a loss of respect. If you're not cool enough already, and you're worried about what they think of you, let them drink. They'll either latch onto you, show their arse , or both. Either way, you'll know where they stand. It's their minds you're worried about...so let them affect it. Don't mess with yours
Drunks think well of themselves, while others look on with a loss of respect. If you're not cool enough already, and you're worried about what they think of you, let them drink. They'll either latch onto you, show their arse , or both. Either way, you'll know where they stand. It's their minds you're worried about...so let them affect it. Don't mess with yours
Joe
Forum Master
Ehhhh.
Skwiggy likes to tell the story about me at the 2006 Maryland Dancesport Championships.
Ron Obvious
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I realise there are kids here, and for that purpose the answer is you should not drink. Nothing, except water, milk and juice. Kids shouldn't drink sweet soft drinks either, those are fat bombs and as damaging as alcohol IMO.
But, salsa is a club dance and therefore belongs in a place with a bar (this is the general forum so other things may apply to other dances). And you should drink from that bar in order to support the event, but you are not allowed to get drunk. If this is not possible then it's better to just drink water or gatorade or warm milk.
Also remember that in vino veritas: this means that under the influence of alcohol you may say things you shouldn't say and may regret.
But, salsa is a club dance and therefore belongs in a place with a bar (this is the general forum so other things may apply to other dances). And you should drink from that bar in order to support the event, but you are not allowed to get drunk. If this is not possible then it's better to just drink water or gatorade or warm milk.
Also remember that in vino veritas: this means that under the influence of alcohol you may say things you shouldn't say and may regret.
DWise1
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That is an important point: if we don't patronize the bar, then the venue will disappear.
Most non-studio dance venues are organized by a teacher or promoter having approached the owner/manager of a bar or restaurant that has a dance floor and the arrangements with whom (or selling point to whom) includes the extra business that a dance night would bring in. If the owner doesn't see that extra business, then he won't have any motivation to allow that venue to continue and not be replaced by something more lucrative.
A local restaurant with a bar has dancing every night, each venue having been organized as described above. I've seen a West Coast Swing night start up there and then get cancelled within a few months because the Westies weren't patronizing the bar -- that night is now Country with lots of beers being sold. Just recently they discontinued our Lindy venue which had run there successfully for about 5 years, because they could make more money at the bar by opening an additional night for the local Mexican work force.
That said, patronizing the bar doesn't mean you have to consume alcohol. They also serve soft drinks and bottled water and I'm pretty sure that their profit margin on those options is a lot higher that their profit margin on alcohol. And again, once you're legal, if you really want to drink then one alcoholic drink to start off with followed by water is a fairly prudent approach to take.
As for myself, I almost never drink when I'm out dancing (which is all partner dancing). From the start, I knew that I needed all my wits about me to survive on the floor, so I simply never drank (besides which the previous 25+ years of being a family man had precluded drinking). And the few times that I have drunk, it would be just one that I'd consume over a long period of time (AKA "nursing the drink"). The one time that I finished a drink before doing any dancing, I don't think it actually impaired me (did not receive any outside observations besides the usual expression of regret at having to rotate to the next guy), but I still felt far less competent and hence uncomfortable about my condition.
OTOH, I've considered that should I ever again be called upon to try to fake free-style, then a drink or two beforehand should prove beneficial. If for no other purpose than to dull the pain.
Most non-studio dance venues are organized by a teacher or promoter having approached the owner/manager of a bar or restaurant that has a dance floor and the arrangements with whom (or selling point to whom) includes the extra business that a dance night would bring in. If the owner doesn't see that extra business, then he won't have any motivation to allow that venue to continue and not be replaced by something more lucrative.
A local restaurant with a bar has dancing every night, each venue having been organized as described above. I've seen a West Coast Swing night start up there and then get cancelled within a few months because the Westies weren't patronizing the bar -- that night is now Country with lots of beers being sold. Just recently they discontinued our Lindy venue which had run there successfully for about 5 years, because they could make more money at the bar by opening an additional night for the local Mexican work force.
That said, patronizing the bar doesn't mean you have to consume alcohol. They also serve soft drinks and bottled water and I'm pretty sure that their profit margin on those options is a lot higher that their profit margin on alcohol. And again, once you're legal, if you really want to drink then one alcoholic drink to start off with followed by water is a fairly prudent approach to take.
As for myself, I almost never drink when I'm out dancing (which is all partner dancing). From the start, I knew that I needed all my wits about me to survive on the floor, so I simply never drank (besides which the previous 25+ years of being a family man had precluded drinking). And the few times that I have drunk, it would be just one that I'd consume over a long period of time (AKA "nursing the drink"). The one time that I finished a drink before doing any dancing, I don't think it actually impaired me (did not receive any outside observations besides the usual expression of regret at having to rotate to the next guy), but I still felt far less competent and hence uncomfortable about my condition.
OTOH, I've considered that should I ever again be called upon to try to fake free-style, then a drink or two beforehand should prove beneficial. If for no other purpose than to dull the pain.
bordertangoman
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Ron Obvious
New Member
No it is not. But alcohol has this double-edged affect on the society, it's bad for your health, but people buy it so it's agood source of income. If one (state, bar, person) doesn't sell it, people will obtain it from somewhere else. So it's a difficult issue, therefore sometimes you should drink, and sometimes not. But you should never become drunk! (like James Bond).
Indiana_Jay
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Lot's of good points here. I'm reminded of a television public service announcement that's been airing around these parts lately. It depicts a girl of about 16 talking to a friend on a cell phone about how she can't remember what she did Saturday night. Then the friend sends her a cell phone snapshot that had been taken of her at the party and that was circulating around the school. We don't see the photo, but we see other kids looking at their phones and pointing to the girl, who is obviously deathly embarrassed.
Regardless of age, getting drunk or buzzed is stupid. It leads to doing stupid things that you might well regret later, even though you might not remember doing them.
Regardless of age, getting drunk or buzzed is stupid. It leads to doing stupid things that you might well regret later, even though you might not remember doing them.
Laura
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I don't agree, I like getting a good buzz on at a party every now and then. But them I'm 43 and responsible for my own actions, and I don't drink and drive. I also don't drink and dance, due to poor experiences with the combination in the past. But sitting around a nice bar and having a few cocktails with interesting people is a fun night out from time to time. It's not necessarily "stupid." About the most stupid thing I did the last time I was buzzed was tell someone who asked me what I did for a living that I once smuggled gemstones.