Might A Change Of Venue Mean A Change In Atmosphere?

Tucson is actually the most friendly WCS community that I've been to. There is a bit of the clique-ishness that is present in all dance communities, but not nearly as bad as it was in other places I've danced. Mostly just that you can tell who takes lessons from the same instructor, or who started around the same time. It wasn't hard at all to meet people/make friends.
 
No, if you were there for the jack and jill on the first thursday, i came in second and third in novice. I have been curious for like a month as to who you are.
 
Caravaggio said:
The one thing that I thought our change in location would fix was the weird situation we have where all of the younger dancers sit on one side of the room and all of the older dancers sit on the other. They meet in the middle to dance, but it just seems strange to me that we have that gap, happened in the old location, and the newer one. Is this a common thing? I noticed it almost as soon as i got to Tucson, but my old community didn't seem to have this happen, and it doesn't seem as prevalent in Phoenix.
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It may not be seen in some areas as much as it is for others, but I think it's pretty common in the "one dance" scene such as WCS, Salsa, Lindy, AT. I don't see it like this in the ballroom scene anywhere I've been, not as much anyhow.
 
Caravaggio said:
The one thing that I thought our change in location would fix was the weird situation we have where all of the younger dancers sit on one side of the room and all of the older dancers sit on the other. They meet in the middle to dance, but it just seems strange to me that we have that gap, happened in the old location, and the newer one. Is this a common thing? I noticed it almost as soon as i got to Tucson, but my old community didn't seem to have this happen, and it doesn't seem as prevalent in Phoenix.
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I haven't seen this in my area, and I do BR, AT, and WCS.
 
What I saw at an ECS/Lindy dance in Seattle is that the serious lindy dancers would all sit along the stage and everyone else at the tables, though these serious lindy hoppers were not opposed to doing ECS.
 
Yes, that's a more likely grouping--the better dancers sitting together, or friends/cliques sitting together. The age thing might be a by-product of that...the younger people tend to befriend each other and therefore sit together, while the older people seek out people their own age. They may also find they're more comfortable with the dance style of someone their own age, although I know a LOT of older people who can really get down and keep up with the youngin's!
 
twnkltoz said:
Yes, that's a more likely grouping--the better dancers sitting together, or friends/cliques sitting together. The age thing might be a by-product of that...the younger people tend to befriend each other and therefore sit together, while the older people seek out people their own age. They may also find they're more comfortable with the dance style of someone their own age, although I know a LOT of older people who can really get down and keep up with the youngin's!
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And cliques are not necessarily a negative thing; they're mostly for socializing. The people in them are generally happy to dance with anyone. That being said I realize that there may be in some areas and at some times where that is not the case, but I've seen little of it myself.
 
Spitfire said:
And cliques are not necessarily a negative thing; they're mostly for socializing. The people in them are generally happy to dance with anyone. That being said I realize that there may be in some areas and at some times where that is not the case, but I've seen little of it myself.
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True. I've been in cliques, but it's mostly a comfort thing for me. I'm more comfortable hanging out with people I know, and I think most people are the same way. If you know several people at the dance, why wouldn't you sit together?
 
The cliques in a previous community I was a part of were the result of warring studios and high school nonsense so I tend to think the worst...
 
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