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Gus
1st-August-2002, 10:45 AM
When we first took over the club at Nantwich we had low numbers, lower club loyalty (competing against 7 othger clubs) and people seemd to drift away quite early.

To combat this (short of locking the doors till end time) we thought we'd try to exploit the alledged social aspect of Ceroc. To this end my venue manager also took on the title of 'Social Co-ordinator' and started organising a series of monthly events. So, once a month we'd descend on the locla Brannigans, visit another Ceroc club etc. Soon we did ten-pin bowling, country walks and pub crawls. This worked wonders for club morale and allowed people to get to know each other properly ... which at the end of the day is why a fair proprtion of dancers come to Ceroc.

Our social events are no longer formerly organised but informal groups within the club now carry on this activity with house parties and visits to the theatre.:grin:

Does this happen up North .. or should it happen? Would it be a good idea for each club to have an (un)official Social Savant to add to the huge potential for social activites ... or once you've escaped those doors do you not want to cross paths with your felow dancers till nect week? :what:

John McAulay
1st-August-2002, 01:26 PM
Originally posted by Gus
my venue manager also took on the title of 'Social Co-ordinator' and started organising a series of monthly events

Does this happen up North .. or should it happen? Would it be a good idea for each club to have an (un)official Social Savant to add to the huge potential for social activites ... or once you've escaped those doors do you not want to cross paths with your felow dancers till nect week? :what:

Well in Aberdeen we had Bill (Aberdeen Bill funny enough)
He arranged adhoc party nights when the classes were not big enough to get people interested in another night, he would put on theme nights, Christmas dinner dances, alsorts.

In fact ceroc in Aberdeen owes Bill a great deal of thanks,
So thanks bill from the people who have been dancing in Aberdeen over the last 4-5 years.

Now we have very great party nights and 2 class nights at 2 venues with up to 100 at most night

along side this we have Vegas (www.vegusscotland.co.uk)
a fantastic traveling club night, ever 3 rd week in Aberdeen.

A social co-ordinatior is a thankless task and though it may be usefull at the start of a new class long term it wont work.

Regards:waycool: