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    Too much competition

    Somewhat related to Sparkles thread about freestyles v weekenders.

    Several people have commented about the lack of choice for dancing. This Sunday, in the Northwest we have SIX clubs on within a radius of about 15 miles. We simply don't have enough dancers, especially on a Sunday, to support that many. Its a real shame ... for many years there was only SwingRoc's event ... then a whole host of other clubs have opened up. Some of the clubs cut their prices, now one is going FREE.

    I'm not sure how this is going to turn out but it may well be a case of those with the deepest pockets who survive, waiting for all the others to go out of business ... and so nobody is likely to win

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    Re: Too much competition

    Its laughable really, one minute people are worried that 'Ceroc' are taking over the world and that we 'need' more competiton and the next minute, there are moans that there's too much choice
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    Re: Too much competition

    Quote Originally Posted by Lory View Post
    Its laughable really, one minute people are worried that 'Ceroc' are taking over the world and that we 'need' more competiton and the next minute, there are moans that there's too much choice
    ummmm ... trust me ... there is NO danger of Ceroc taking over the world in the North

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    ummmm ... trust me ... there is NO danger of Ceroc taking over the world in the North
    We need more ceroc venues up North. There is only Nantwich that I know of.. the next one further up is Leeds.

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    Re: Too much competition

    Quote Originally Posted by Donna View Post
    We need more ceroc venues up North. There is only Nantwich that I know of.. the next one further up is Leeds.
    Why do we need more Ceroc ... the better dancers are (currently) all at non-Ceroc venues?

    Oh ... Ceroc Manchester has 3 clubs (Hyde, Wigan and Poynton).

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    Re: Too much competition

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    Why do we need more Ceroc ... the better dancers are (currently) all at non-Ceroc venues?
    But I dance at Ceroc Nant...

    ...I take you point...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    Why do we need more Ceroc ... the better dancers are (currently) all at non-Ceroc venues?

    Oh ... Ceroc Manchester has 3 clubs (Hyde, Wigan and Poynton).
    of course Hyde. where would you say all the better dancers are then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donna View Post
    of course Hyde. where would you say all the better dancers are then?
    I'm not Gus but I'll say Bowden, then maybe Stockport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donna View Post
    of course Hyde. where would you say all the better dancers are then?
    No great concentration of good dancers like there used to be but Chester (Mondays) and Bowden (Tues) stand out. Stockport has some good followers and some reasonable leads and the same goes for Dance NWest at Bromborough (Thurs) and Prestwich (Monday), or at least that was true when I last went a year ago ..... other than good dancers are a bit sparse. OF COURSE, what one person calls a 'good dancer' may well vary from the next

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    No great concentration of good dancers like there used to be but Chester (Mondays) and Bowden (Tues) stand out. Stockport has some good followers and some reasonable leads and the same goes for Dance NWest at Bromborough (Thurs) and Prestwich (Monday), or at least that was true when I last went a year ago ..... other than good dancers are a bit sparse. OF COURSE, what one person calls a 'good dancer' may well vary from the next
    I agree though the standard is very low this way compared to other places I have been. I think it's down to lack of workshops, and I don't just mean jive workshops. You can only go so far with it to make it look reasonably good, but as it's so flexible, we need other workshops up here, esp WCS for a bit of footwork (what's that again?) and latin. There's nothing worse than watching people look too samey to different types of music. It's nice to vary it a bit.

    Danced at Birmingham once, was quite impressed with the standard there.

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    Re: Too much competition

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    No great concentration of good dancers like there used to be
    Have the best dancers just stopped coming then? Or have they moved to pastures new?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven666 View Post
    Have the best dancers just stopped coming then? Or have they moved to pastures new?
    They normally move on to learn other styles... then make a come back. Either that, or they've pulled, and never come back until they're single again.

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