Desert Swing Dance Club Newsletter

WINTER 2016
Desert Swing Dance Club Newsletter
P.O. Box 2001, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
PRESIDENT
Ann McGowan
(760) 832-9229
[email protected]
CO - PRESIDENTS
Rich Stenton & Paula Matos
(760) 777-7722
VICE PRESIDENT
&
MARKETING & PUBLICITY
Ron Bishop
(951) 927-3655
[email protected]
President’s Message
Dear members,
This is my eighth and final newsletter as you will have a new president when the next newsletter comes
out. In some ways the last four years have gone quickly. We have weathered the transition of multiple
dance locations and are now nicely settled into our permanent home, have negotiated a new contract
with the Pavilion, have had many wonderful events and are financially sound. Our membership continues
to grow and our demographic is getting younger. This has all been accomplished by a board that has
generously worked together to resolve any of our issues. I have been so fortunate to work with such
wonderful people. To the whole board I give my deepest gratitude and thanks for a job well done.
This quarter saw us have the best Welcome Back Pizza party. So many people attended it was surprising
but we did not run short of pizza, salad or dessert thanks to Josie Nelson’s great planning. We also had a
beautiful Holiday Party where everything seemed perfect. The board was gratified to have so many
positive comments about the event. I am pleased to announce we will have the party at Desert Island
again next year. Feb. 20th is the date for our Tri City party. We plan to have about as many dancers as last
year. If you have never attended a Tri City party it is truly fun to see 240 mostly senior citizens dancing
and having such a great time.
It is now time to renew your membership and think about what talents you have that you can contribute
to the club. We have had people volunteer for all the board positions but one. If there is one that you are
particularly interested in doing and want to volunteer we will have an election for that position. We are
in great need of someone to edit the newsletter as Chase Berke, who has done a fantastic job, wishes to
move on to other things. There are four newsletters sent out per year and if you have expertise in this
area please step forward.
It has been my pleasure to serve you and I look forward to seeing all of you at our dances. Ann
We are licensed through
affiliation with the National Fast
Dance Assn.
SECRETARY
Polly Culbreth - Past President
(760) 698-8198
[email protected]
TREASURER
Sara Roth
80529 Avenida San Fernando
Indio, CA 92203
(630) 536-6819
[email protected]
EVENTS
Josie Nelson
(760) 328-6611
MEMBERSHIP & OPERATIONS
Larry Soriano
Send Payments to Treasurer
Sara Roth
CARES & CONCERNS
Donna Lofgren
425-280-8333
[email protected]
PUBLICITY
Ursula Auer Longo
760-285-7124
Text
NEWSLETTER
Chase Berke
323-496-1948
[email protected]
WEBMASTER
Larry Kroeze
(562) 799-9274
[email protected]
Visit us online at
desertswingdanceclub.com
WINTER 2016
Desert Swing Dance Club Newsletter
DSDC needs you to LIKE us on FACEBOOK and View
this Newsletter on our website.
DANCE SCHEDULE
Dance Every Tuesday Night: 7-9 PM
www.desertswingdanceclub.com
PAVILION DANCE STUDIO
401 S. PAVILION WAY
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
760.323.8272
Main intersections: Sunrise Way and Baristo,
Baristo to Pavilion way. Just west of Camelot Theatre
,
FREE PARKING
ALTERNATING INSTRUCTORS
Janis Hill with Beginning & Beyond West Coast Swing
Raymond Stanton with West Coast Swing, Country
& other dances
DANCE LESSONS
Every Tuesday Night: 6-6:50 PM
Members:
$ 7 Dance
$12 Lesson & Dance
Non- Members:
$15 Lesson & Dance
Members & Non-Members:
$10 Lesson Only
can also access Facebook from your smartphone. And
directly to our Facebook page. Now that is cool!
If you like our newsletter and our photos then DSDC needs
you to access these newsletters online. Why? It’s a geeky
newsletter but that also greatly increases the file size. And a
large file is not very good for emailing. Images take up more
bits and bytes than words. Then when we compress them for
email they are not as clear as you probably would like. The
solution is for our members to access the newsletter from the
DSDC website http://www.desertswingdanceclub.com/ by
clicking on link to the Newsletter in email. Then your email is
not clogged up with an attachment that the Internet Provider
doesn’t like, and it’s easier for you to directly save that file on
your computer. Some of the images can then be removed
from the newsletter for your use. But we will save that for
another Please link to us on FACEBOOK. We now have 53
LIKES on Face Book. If …
Facebook but we have 147 members. So where are you guys?
We had more of our members on Facebook, we would post
more of these pictures. And once you are on Facebook, you
can share your mug with friends, children, grandchildren, and
the press and show the world what a wonderful dancer you
are! The truth is we haven’t done Facebook. WE NEED YOU
ON FACEBOOK. It’s fun and easy, and convenient for getting
the word out!
HERE IS HOW TO SIGN UP FOR FACEBOOK: If you don't have
a Facebook account, you can sign up in a few easy steps. To
sign up for a brand new account, enter your name, birthday,
gender, and email address into the form on
www.facebook.com. Then pick a password. After you
complete the sign up form, they will send an email to the
address you provided. Just click the confirmation link to
complete the sign up process. Now all you need to do is
search for the Desertswingdanceclubdsdc and click on the
LIKE button. Then you will be notified if we post something to
Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/DesertSwingDanceClubdsdc. You
if you take a great picture at one of our dances, you can post it
Dance Bag
Holds a couple pairs of dance shoes, water bottles and any other essentials
That you can think of. Various colors are available. Can be purchased at
Tuesday night dance for $18. Each.
BEYOND the BEAT
DANCE STUDIO
41-990 Cook St. Suite 401
Palm Desert, CA
(In Back by Dental Spa}
JANIS HILL, Dance Instructor
909.238.0201
RAY STANTON
Dance Instructor
Dancing with Ray 4th Sun Monthly at
BUDDY SCHWIMMER’S
“THE DANCE CENTER”
Swing, Country and More!
951.805.1238
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It’s Always Time to Register or Renew your DSDC Membership
Renewal Time!
E-MAIL Newsletter Yes or No
Treasurer, Sara Roth
80529 Avenida San Fernando, Indio, CA 92203
Please fill out completely for our update and data entry… Birthday & E-mails
To Receive Membership Discounts and Benefits Please Renew by March 1, 2016!
Non-Renewals after the first will pay Non-Member price.
Ann McGowan
58 Calle Solano
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Forwarding Address & Corrections Requested
2016
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DANCERS
SPOTLIGHT
DJ
RANDY
DJ Randy, You Rock and Roll…Thanks for
the great music. You keep us on our feet
with those cool, cool beats.
Congratulations! To our Scott Tansor who
won a prize at Jay Byam’s Swing Boot Camp
Extravaganza. Scott, everyone hopes to
dance with you every week! I think we will
have to start taking numbers. I’ve got
mine.
Come and learn from these
outstanding instructors.
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Basic West Coast Swing
Brand new dancers come join the fun
And learn your basic West Coast Swing
Steps.
Intermediate dancers
Et_ Brandy and Jay show you some
great skills for pol- fishing your dance
while you have lots of fun
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Interm - Adv. West Coast Swing
Connection skills and exciting social
moves.
Let Jay & Brandy show you some GREAT
Lead and follow skills while you learn
some fun moves for social West Coast
Swing.
Coming Soon!
Thursday Salsa Night
In Palm Springs
Hosted by Jay & Brandy
Contact: Jay, 805.405.2946
[email protected]
Brandy, 619.609.6070
[email protected]
This is going to be a great day of West Coast Swing. Please
invite your dance friends.
New dancers are welcome.
Prepay online
www.PeopleWhoDance.net/bootcamp20.htm
Special Prices
$15 pre pay per class I $20 at the door per class
or
$28 for both Classes pre pay / $35 at the door
You do not miss this fun day of swing dancing
and invite your friends; because they'll love it
too.
2016 DESERT SWING DANCE CLUB WINTER
FEBRUARY
18 Marcie Fiorindo
20 Sara Roth
26 Ken Olsen
APRIL
MARCH
05
06
10
15
23
25
28
31
Carrol Kennedy
Marilynne Highducheck
Barry Neumayer
Lynn Fontana-Krohn
Bob Lloyd
Humberto Perez
Polly Culbreth
Charlotte Andre
01
05
16
16
30
Cheri Hamilton
Phillip Highducheck
Stuart Ingwersen
Ann McGowan
Raymond Stanton
GREAT MUSIC AND DANCING WEBSITES
* www.pandora.com * http://carolynspreciousmemories.com/50s/sitemap
* Beach music:www.yourbeachmusic.com * http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheFifties.htm
* www.tropicalglen.com * Great Music: http://xoteria.com* www.dapatchy.com
* Global Swing Deejays: http://globalswingdjs.com* Great Variety of music and artists: www.pcdon.com
* Great Popular Song site:
www.songstube.net
* GREAT Shag Video- “Shag Nation”- http://vimeo.com/33214192
* What is Lindy Hop? Www.youtube.com/watch=6fDIPCuGpjE.
* Johnny Hensley’s Shag City– the Television Show. www.johnnyhensleyshagcity.com
First Quarter
2016 NFA NEWSLETTER
Has been released and
Is Available, Now….
2016
DESERT SWING DANCE CLUB
WINTER
WHERE DO WE DANCE NOW?
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LOOKING AT ONE MAJOR PROBLEM DANCE CLUBS OFTEN HAVE…..
Why can’t some dance clubs (bars, lounges, etc., that allow dancing by patrons)
survive? It seems they often don’t, closing for one reason or another, but usually
financial in nature. In other words, they don’t make enough money.
Some reviews have shown that the same problem exists throughout the dance
world. The answer or solution may be quite simple; more money per patron for each
day of operation. One seemingly sure solution is much more difficult to enact and
maintain and is certainly unpopular with many; for many venues to survive, dancers
must pay to dance.
When you walk into any dance club, you should expect to pay to get in. You
cannot and should not expect to go in with no cover charge, drink tap water all night,
or buy one drink or one beer and nurse it all night and expect the club to stay in
business and support your dance habit.
These clubs simply can’t support your dance habits for free. Some serious
estimates have put the figure of $15 per person per day on this. That is, monies spent
at the club, whether to simply get in or combined with drinks purchased, etc. is
income for operating the club. Let’s face it, dancers often don’t drink that much.
There’s a well-known expression “Dancers don’t drink and drinkers don’t dance”.
It seems like dancers simply come to dance, not to drink. Like they want to have fun
but not go home totally sloshed, maybe get arrested on the way, maybe cause a
wreck and kill someone’s Mama.
This is an enigma to club owners, understandable, yet directly lending to the
problem at hand. The fewer drinks sold, the smaller the revenue total. For whatever
reason, good or not. So, if these dancers biting more drinks is not the answer, then
the dreaded “cover charge” rears its ugly head. What else is there? The club has
fixed, non-negotiable expenses—rent usually, utilities, staffing, security, perhaps
parking fees, who knows what else?
Dance clubs nationwide sometimes end up spending this aforementioned $15 per
person or more to simply maintain their venues. When dance clubs attempt to
provide the same quality of service in their venues for less than this amount, history
shows their days are often numbered. So the estimate that many clubs need at least
$15 per person per day in order to survive, may be true. If you are walking into one
of them and dancing all evening and you are not spending at least $15 in there, you
may be contributing to the club’s demise, and sometimes failure.
$15 per person per day seems to be the magic number of many dance clubs. If
you all had spent this much at those clubs that have closed, they might conceivably
still be open. You can buy a CD for $15-$20, take it home and dance with yourself.
You can go to a movie, but popcorn and a drink and spend $15 or more. The cost of
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