Who's going where? -Everywhere else - 8/9/10 Feb 2008

[Gerry]

[quote=robd;450992]Get Gerry some clippers - not only will they lessen unintentional flossing they'll give the illusion of increased size (at least that's what the salesman assured me.....)

Rob
You have lost me, are we talking ships

[robd]

Rob
You have lost me, are we talking ships

Depends on the size of the port where you're hoping to drop anchor

[martingold]

Rob
You have lost me, are we talking ships

are you going to sea this weekend??

[fletch]

Don't worry I will give you all the directions that you need

so do you wan't t o be in charge this weekend dear?

Get Gerry some clippers - not only will they lessen unintentional flossing they'll give the illusion of increased size (at least that's what the salesman assured me.....)

Disappointing performance from the Mods having taken over the poll posting duties though, I have to agree Fletch.

[QUOTE=Gerry;450996]

Get Gerry some clippers - not only will they lessen unintentional flossing they'll give the illusion of increased size (at least that's what the salesman assured me.....)

Rob
You have lost me, are we talking ships

Depends on the size of the port where you're hoping to drop anchor

the smallest of 'Tuggs' can pull the bigest ships

are you going to sea this weekend??

see who?

[martingold]

see who?

why me of course

[OXO'S]

I think you have Chiswick, Twyford and Berko to choose from. If I was going anywhere I'd be going to The Rat Pack event in Stafford though. With Marc and Oxo both DJing you can't go wrong!
I've got a ticket for Utopia, but i'm going to wait and see if I feel better before I decide whether to go.

Well i hope you are better for tomoz DI, heard you are coming.
myself and MARC, AND ROB AMBRIDGE are djing there tomorrow 6HRS OF FREESTYLE starting at 8.00PM - 2.00 . The first 3hrs will be mj then taking the tempo down from 11.00 - 2.00.

[fletch]

why me of course

not sure will I ?

Well i hope you are better for tomoz DI, heard you are coming.
myself and MARC, AND ROB AMBRIDGE are djing there tomorrow 6HRS OF FREESTYLE starting at 8.00PM - 2.00 . The first 3hrs will be mj then taking the tempo down from 11.00 - 2.00.

Alexandra O'Neil please can we have some SFunks tracks as well

Disco and Motown.

[Astro]

He did some chill out sessions at Swish last year which was the only time I've heard him do these kinds of sets (don't get out much..) and he was very good.

For once I have to agree with Rocky. (I need to go lie down now)

Erick has palyed the chill out/small room at Chiswick before, and he knows some wicked tracks.

I'm still undecided though, due to the floors.

See how I feel on the night.

[David Bailey]

Disappointing performance from the Mods having taken over the poll posting duties though, I have to agree Fletch.

Sorry, we're too busy handing out infractions and stuff

[fletch]

Sorry, we're too busy handing out infractions and stuff

really any one we know ?

[Lory]

why isn't there a Poll ?

I thought I'd have a week off!

Disappointing performance from the Mods having taken over the poll posting duties though, I have to agree Fletch.

You never tick it anyway Rob!

Sorry, we're too busy handing out infractions and stuff

Yes, its been busy! But come on DJ, at least you've had some job satisfaction this week!

[Barry Shnikov]

Winning Post tonight, probably Sugar Shack tomorrow - I feel so cool being in Barry's venue-name club

Hmm. Never saw your membership application, otherwise I might have black balled you...

[Lynn]

We're going to a salsa venue tomorrow night... not much good at salsa so it will probably be a little salsa, some basic cha cha, and if the music works, some WCS and MJ!

[stewart38]

I went to the Theatre in MK to see Hobson choice for my birthday

awwwww

Thats everywhere else ?

[robd]

Hi Nick, just to let you know that we are sold out now, so unless you've already booked a place I'm afraid you would have a wasted journey as we are up to our capacity limit and the genders are balanced.

Is the capacity limit higher now than it used to be Rocky? I enjoyed Friday as I usually do at Utopia but it was difficult at times and strangely so.

I didn't think it was that hot but I sweated buckets. I can't remember the last time I needed to change my shirt at a normal event but my first one was wringing pretty quickly on Friday - apologies to any ladies who had to dance with me in that state (and be thankful I wasn't practicing my head flicks )

Walking aroud the venue it didn't feel overcrowded but the theme of the evening was very definitely one of defensive dancing. Ok, if I choose to dance WCS in a mixed environment such as this then I may be exacerbating the problem but I noticed it when dancing MJ too. I tried a number of areas of the floor and experienced the same feeling everywhere. Not only does it put an extra responsibility in the mind of the leader but there are some follows who get so distratcted by the possibility of collision that their attention goes away from their following and into self-preservation and the dance suffers a great deal as a result. How did other people find the floorcraft and available space?

It was good to see so many faces I didn't recognise - lots of new people trying Utopia - yet the atmosphere remain as convivial as always. And despite the issues I experienced above I had a handful of cracking dances

Twyford Saturday was quieter than usual but I still had a good time - more floorspace to play with than Utopia which was nice though a bit ice rink in patches as Almost an Angel will attest

[Cruella]

Walking aroud the venue it didn't feel overcrowded but the theme of the evening was very definitely one of defensive dancing.

I was trodden on 4 times! This normally never happens at a Utopia night, which is part of the reason I usually have a nice relaxed evening there. There were also a few comments on how it seemed that there were a lot of ladies sitting out, which also doesn't make sense, as it was sold out, so should have been perfectly gender balanced. (Cue Xfiles music)
Personally, it wasn't one of my favourite Utopia nights. It was still far better than a lot of freestyles I've attended but not up to my usual Utopian experience. I found the music very samey and it seemed like there weren't as many new gems as usual.
Can we please have a Utopia where 'Superstition' and 'The same love that made me laugh' (and a few others) aren't played........although you can carry on over playing 'Somebody elses guy'
Saying that though, I still had some fantastic dances, it was just a bit of a rollercoaster night for me, with lots of ups and downs.
It was always going to be a tough night, as it was the first major freestyle following an awesome Southport weekender, a very hard act to follow IMO.

[Sparkles]

I had a good time at Utopia with some lovely dances, but I too was trodden on a couple of times and kicked in the ankle once (which really hurt ), plus I led quite a few dances and was really having to concentrate hard to stop my followers being bashed. It's hard to know what can be done about this in the future though...
Many of the men (especially, but not exclusively) were very hot and sweaty. I know that Val went to check on the air conditioning situation as soon as it was mentioned to her that it was very warm in the venue, so full respect to her, but it did make dancing with some people pretty nasty; I was put in the uncomfortable position of having to mention it to one guy whom I don't know very well, I hope he won't have been offended and will dance with me again as he's a good dancer.
I too found the music a bit of a mixed bag (and I kow you can't please all of the people all the time) but my special request would be - please can you avoid those two tracks that have the very squeeky harmonica in them? They are horrible to listen to and IMO uninspiring to dance to. Some of the other tracks, however, were fab and I wish I could remember the name of the track I danced with Jamie too because it was brilliant.
Having said all of that I enjoyed the evening overall, Dave, Val and Vince certainly give the event their all, and I will be booking for the next one .

[Lory]

Ok, if I choose to dance WCS in a mixed environment such as this then I may be exacerbating the problem

You know something, Friday was the first time it occurred to me that a room where its 50/50 WCS and MJ, doesn't really work that well.
It was difficult to find 'a space' that worked well for either but having said that.. it was still a fabulous night and the perfect way to get through the post weekender blues!

It was good to see so many faces I didn't recognise - lots of new people trying Utopia

I noticed that too

- yet the atmosphere remain as convivial as always. And despite the issues I experienced above I had a handful of cracking dances

There were also a few comments on how it seemed that there were a lot of ladies sitting out, which also doesn't make sense,

Hmm, someone said that to me too, although, I have to say, I didn't notice that

Personally, it wasn't one of my favourite Utopia nights.

Thankfully, I had a fantastic time! and really enjoyed the new faces there!

[Rocky]

Is the capacity limit higher now than it used to be Rocky? I enjoyed Friday as I usually do at Utopia but it was difficult at times and strangely so.

I didn't think it was that hot but I sweated buckets. I can't remember the last time I needed to change my shirt at a normal event but my first one was wringing pretty quickly on Friday - apologies to any ladies who had to dance with me in that state (and be thankful I wasn't practicing my head flicks )

Walking aroud the venue it didn't feel overcrowded but the theme of the evening was very definitely one of defensive dancing. Ok, if I choose to dance WCS in a mixed environment such as this then I may be exacerbating the problem but I noticed it when dancing MJ too. I tried a number of areas of the floor and experienced the same feeling everywhere. Not only does it put an extra responsibility in the mind of the leader but there are some follows who get so distratcted by the possibility of collision that their attention goes away from their following and into self-preservation and the dance suffers a great deal as a result. How did other people find the floorcraft and available space?

It was good to see so many faces I didn't recognise - lots of new people trying Utopia - yet the atmosphere remain as convivial as always. And despite the issues I experienced above I had a handful of cracking dances

Twyford Saturday was quieter than usual but I still had a good time - more floorspace to play with than Utopia which was nice though a bit ice rink in patches as Almost an Angel will attest

The capacity limit is the same as its always been Rob: the numbers on the floor do vary based on who's in and who's socialising. We had a couple of nights early on last year that were 20 people over our self imposed limit and yet the floor felt quieter - so go figure...

We did have a lot of new faces, which is great, but maybe they were less experienced, so the floor craft just needs tweaking. Having said that I danced pretty much solidly from 10-11.30pm which is the busiest time on the floor and I always managed to find space.

As for the temp: it's an odd one this. When we go in to set up we turn the heating off and put the air con on full blast. By 8pm it is really quite cold in the room and that's without the fans on. Once the class ends and the dancing kicks off, the fans are on, the air cons on but it still does get hot. I think the air con needs servicing and we have talked to the venue a couple of times about this. In the interim, however, we're looking into getting some more fans to help even the temp out.

[Cruella]

. Once the class ends and the dancing kicks off, the fans are on, the air cons on but it still does get hot.

I turned the fans on, so I guess they had been forgotten about after the class finished this time.