View Poll Results: How do I feel about smoking & dancing?

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  • I love smoky dance floors

    4 2.21%
  • I don't mind smoky dance floors

    12 6.63%
  • I put up with smoky dance floors

    6 3.31%
  • I don't like smoky dance floors

    21 11.60%
  • I hate smoky dance floors

    104 57.46%
  • I'm making a stand and won't go anywhere near a smoky dance floor

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    Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
    You there next week, Andy ? or are you one of the hordes going to Beach Boogie ?
    Of course I'm going to Hipsters next week. I'm just going to Beach Boogie for the big Saturday night.

    It should be fantastic next Wednesday once word gets out among the girls how to attract more dance partners

    Maybe we should keep Hipsters on a Wednesday quiet. Good music, teacing, dancers, attractive women and a nice floor with room to move

    And NO SMOKING

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    Originally posted by Andy McGregor
    One regular had her strappy top come completely undone while I was dancing with her, which could have been nice/funny - then, when I was dancing with a different partner she spotted David B and with a partner whose skirt had just come off:
    How come I spotted none of this - as usual!

    Andy, it was a good night, but I still prefer Tuesday's music, had a nice dance with Sue, but thought how much better it could have been to one of Jon's favourites. I said to Sue as we were catching breath, "I don't mind if I never hear that one again."

    Greg

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    Originally posted by Sheepman
    How come I spotted none of this - as usual!

    Andy, it was a good night, but I still prefer Tuesday's music, had a nice dance with Sue, but thought how much better it could have been to one of Jon's favourites. I said to Sue as we were catching breath, "I don't mind if I never hear that one again."

    Greg
    There were a couple of tracks played last night (including one i danced with Lily too) that were so so fast. I wouldnt mind but there were no simultaneous lindy classes going on!

    Some great tunes but , as i said elsewhere, some very dubious ones

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    Look at you lot; typical men! One mention of a top coming off and you're all posting ! (come to think of it, so am I )

    Shame on you Sheepy!

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    Paul - that fast one may have also been the interminably long one I danced with Andy's better half (Sue) to.

    Originally posted by Pammy
    Shame on you Sheepy
    Not guilty - you KNOW there is one person's top I'm avoiding seeing!

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    Originally posted by Sheepman
    Not guilty - you KNOW there is one person's top I'm avoiding seeing!
    Yes, but I wouldn't class that as being a top, more of a crop.

    Genetically modified do you think?

    Bet you've bought it though! I saw you checking your loose change on Tuesday!

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    Originally posted by Pammy
    more of a crop.

    Genetically modified do you think?
    More a whole harvest, though I hate to think what happens at harvest festival!
    I think a few chromosomes short of the set.

    G x

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    Originally posted by Sheepman
    More a whole harvest, though I hate to think what happens at harvest festival!


    I think a few chromosomes short of the set.
    Only a few!!!

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    Pammy, were you at Hipsters, too, last night? We seem to keep going to the same venues, but never get to see each other. Isn't it a shame there's so little time for socialising when there's dancing to be done?
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    Originally posted by Rachel
    Pammy, were you at Hipsters, too, last night? We seem to keep going to the same venues, but never get to see each other. Isn't it a shame there's so little time for socialising when there's dancing to be done?
    Rachel
    I was there on Tuesday. Will be there next Tuesday and I think you should come, if only to meet D.S. who is coming

    If you're going to BB I'll see you there too

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    Originally posted by Pammy
    I was there on Tuesday. Will be there next Tuesday and I think you should come, if only to meet D.S. who is coming

    If you're going to BB I'll see you there too

    Px
    We missed Tuesday (fell asleep - ooops! - and by the time we woke up, we only had time to go to the local venue. Which was actually really good.)

    We'll be there next Tues, though - met DS at Blackpool, and also last weekend in Perth, and v much looking forward to seeing him down our way. I'll look out for you, too, to say hello again.
    R.

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    smoking at ceroc

    Hmmmmm most people that do Ceroc are either non smokers or ex smokers,

    Probably going to make a few enemies here, but only voicing my opinion.

    I suppose its good that ceroc venues should be non smoking, but held in a public bar, no one can really stop you can they?


    but going a ceroc venue where you are there all night, I dont think they should stop you,

    why not have one section for the smokers and one for non smokers like they do in restaurants..??

    I will be stopping smoking soon, but not at the moment, not untill there's a bun in the oven..

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    Re: smoking at ceroc

    Originally posted by xSalsa_Angelx
    Hmmmmm most people that do Ceroc are either non smokers or ex smokers,

    Probably going to make a few enemies here, but only voicing my opinion.

    I suppose its good that ceroc venues should be non smoking, but held in a public bar, no one can really stop you can they?


    but going a ceroc venue where you are there all night, I dont think they should stop you,

    why not have one section for the smokers and one for non smokers like they do in restaurants..??

    I will be stopping smoking soon, but not at the moment, not untill there's a bun in the oven..
    Good luck with quitting. Why wait 'til you're expecting? Having worked in the field of addiction a few years ago I know that nicotine is very, very addictive. That means quitting will cause your system great stress - why endure that stress at a time when you need all your strength and energy?

    The restaurant thing doesn't work. They just divide a single room into smoking and no smoking areas. How often have you booked a no smoking table only to find it's right next to a smoking table. and then had to eat your meal in the stream of "serious harm" which comes from a few feet away. I already know that no-one is going to be smoking at my table so why book a no-smoking table? In the above circumstance I now ask to be moved to the smoking table because it's next to a no-smoking table

    Of course smokers need somewhere to go. So do people who don't want to breathe tobacco smoke. The answer is to go to venues that care for their customers and cater for both. And to stay away from the rest until they get their act together. I'm still sticking to my guns. I will not attend any venue where I'm expected to accept breathing cigarette smoke on the dance floor as I'm advised it could cause me "serious harm" (see the start of this thread). And it looks like the majority of people 'hate' smoky dance floors.

    Would any venue owners/Ceroc franchisees like to defend their decision to allow smoking around their dance floors, in the same room as the dancing, etc - to use football speak, it's all gone quiet over there

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    Come on you organisers. Tell me you've changed your smoking policy.

    I'm not alone. Of the 43 keen dancers who've voted 84% don't want do dance on smoky dance floors. And the thread has been viewed 835 times. That's more than just about any recent thread so dancers must think it's important.

    So, organisers, here is your challenge. Tell me you won't have tobacco smoke wafting across your dance floor by the end of September. During October I'll ask Forum members to let me know where it's still smoky and start naming and shaming.

    Please remember I'm not doing this to cause trouble to anyone. I'm doing it because I think it's time someone did. I believe that it would be inauthentic not to. I'm also taking this stand because I care for my own health and that of my dance partners.

    And before someone says "if you don't like it don't go", that's precisely what I am saying. But I'd like to know before I turn up and I think my friends should be able to make the same informed choice.

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    Andy wrote: I think my friends should be able to make the same informed choice.

    Hiya Andy,
    One tip is to look for venues held at schools, e.g. Mojive dance at the Horndean campus and Friday Freestyles at the Admiral Lord Nelson at Southsea --- for obvious reasons these are non-smoking. Although, there's usually a group of dancers smoking behind the bikesheds.

    Neil.

    P.S. The worst venue I've been to was at a working men's club --- it's a smallish floor, but there was a complete wall of smoke down one side. There were two bored dancers, or more likely bored non-dancing significant others. What was even more unacceptable were the two bar staff, having a quick puff and enjoying watching the cabaret as everyone danced through the smokey haze.
    P.P.S. I take it the Brighton comp will be non-smoking?

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    Originally posted by spindr
    P.P.S. I take it the Brighton comp will be non-smoking?
    The Brighton Competition will be non-smoking.

    And on that subject, the competition is now being run by Graham and Sarah. Now that they've got back together it seemed obvious that their partnership, as two Sussex dance business owners, should be the ones to run Britroc so I've stepped aside to let that happen.

    I'm still in charge of the 'McGregor Method' for judging as that keeps it completely independent and makes it possible for others to use the method for their competition. I'll be setting up a website with it on when I get a moment.

    And, while I'm on here and to keep the on thread, I've, yet again, made the mistake of going to a venue where you can smell smoke on the dance floor. Last night (Wednesday) in Worthing, they've got a no smoking hall but open doors from the smoking bar

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    Can't someone close the door??

    Steve

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    Originally posted by TheTramp
    Can't someone close the door??

    Steve
    You would have thought so. I've asked and been told I was making a fuss about nothing

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    Why can't you close the door?

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    Originally posted by TheTramp
    Why can't you close the door?

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    Under those stuffed tights on his arms, he's just a big girls blouse!

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