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I've been to socials held at clubs on the slow nights where the charge was $10 and I didn't have a problem paying that. I'd rather pay the $10 or even $15 if it means they won't harass me about not buying a drink. I know others that are like this as well. I don't think any motivated dancer...

Not meaning to threadjack but just one more question on the sleep issue. I've never seen a sleep study comparing the results of people with known variances. For instance, a sleep study done by forcibly reducing someone's sleep to 4 hrs that is used to sleeping 8 hrs will obviously prove that...

No we don't. I've talked to several sleep doctors in addition to my own experiences. Sleep needs vary quite a bit. All of that is just scare tactics for some reason. The worst thing you can do to someone having trouble sleeping is telling them they need more sleep. The anxiety will just...

This has catabolic written all over it. You need recovery. You have to decide what's more important. Not saying you have to give one up completely but almost any physical hobby will interfere with weight training. Since you're lucky enough to be in a scene with lots of options, the best...

Well..um...advanced people do teach intermediate level classes...why don't you youtube them?

Well, it's not that really...stepping ball-heel is just not natural and is the opposite to how we walk so this must be trained. During the course of a dance, inevitably some flat footed steps will find their way in there; surely its not done intentionally. Personally in my observation, the...

No, but I've accidentally elbowed a girl in the mouth and she started bleeding, much to my absolute horror as she's one of my favourites!! She thought nothing of it and we continue to dance together a few times each night. I've been elbowed in the mouth, nose and eye before. These things just...

Not sure if I can completely relate to this as once I find someone I might intruiging in some way is already in a relationship, I usually get turned off pretty quickly, but that's just me. Lots of other girls in salsa and elsewhere. No one is that special; I realize this more and more these...

Perhaps the level of dancing at congresses in general is falling because the model has been around a long time now and the veteran dancers have already "been there done that" while it is still a novelty to the newer dancers. As far as J n' J goes, those are just so boring and silly now. You...

You guys should feel lucky that your one and only salsa night is not on SUNDAY NIGHTS like mine!!:eek:. Luckily for me, I have flex hrs at work and can show up at 10...as long as I stay until 6, lol. If I have to get up early-ish the next day, I'll: 1. leave a bit early, after dancing with...

I'm always so late to these parties, lol, cool thread. I think we need to make a distinction between "beginner" followers and those that simply don't and never will take classes (or took ONE beginner class and decided that it was all the leaders responsibility to give them a good dance and if...

I just usually say "next song", :D.

We do both in my city but the rented clubs/bars seem to attract more in the scene. I've always been in favour of renting out community halls, etc, for salsa but there's something glamourous, I suppose, with salsa in an actual nightclub setting that people seem to want; must be a "status"thing...

That's what we've been doing actually...makes for a painful monday morning at work for poor sleepers like myself who get energized after salsa but it's what i have to work with now as no salsa is not an option.

Haha, that was a while ago, i can't even completely remember what I was thinking, but yes, you're right, they're in the business of making money, its just that, my scene is so small it just seems like they'd make more money keeping the place closed instead of paying staff for that night, while...

I think what you did is ok, although it probably was hurtful to hear, but what else can you do, right?:oops:. One of my female teachers said that one way to deal with rough leads is to stay physically close to them, preventing them from extending their arms. The extended arm position is what...

The grass is always greener..... :cool:

Don't know and I don't get it!! but..they just seem to love the one foot separation dance for some reason.

OOO..i like the first video, i like the first video!! me me me !!! :D. I wish people danced it like that in my scene, then I'd actually want to dance it. Anytime you even try to dance any kind of close with people here, they turn blue in the face. Don't get why people can't separate dance...

I think most people are better off just focusing on mastering their style (slot, cuban, etc.) and dancing that to whatever salsa is playing regardless of country before worrying about learning all the styles just to say you can dance cuban to a cuban song, etc. Seems like you're becoming a jack...