Sean - this was my take on it (maybe you missed the post)........
- And I missed saying "hello" to you......again....were you wearing a hat?
Was the wrist band such a "massive" negative? I didn't notice it till I got back home.
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Well - so glad I went to Ware last night instead of Ashtons - what a fantastic and interesting venue! It's an upmarket place - not the usual run down school/town hall type place.
The venue is called 'The Priory' - which is perhaps appropriate for those with a dance addiction. Set in several acres of grounds, it has plenty of parking.
Two rooms - both with fantastic floors (fast without being ice rinks) and several people commented on how good the floors were (I think the one in the Blues Room was marginally better). They are probably the best floors I have experienced.
The Main room and the Blues room opened out to decking or onto gardens with doors along the sides - so keeping cool was not really an issue.
Good to see many familiar faces from Cheshunt, Stevenage, St. Albans, and a few forumites SunnyBunny and Maxine were strutting their stuff to good effect.
One thing I enjoyed so much was the Blues Room - AT LAST! A Blues room where blues was played!! What a relief! It does what it says on the tin! I have been suggesting to some (eg. Ian at Chesham) that they could play more real blues in the Blues room.....and here it happened! So much more enjoyable than a normal blues room - there were songs with breaks and there was an authenticity about the songs. So thanks to Keith who was the DJ.
I've been reflecting on this and I think my ideal Blues nite would be a synthesis of the Marc F. type vibe - which works very well in it's own way, mixed with this authentic stuff. I wonder who can move in that direction.
Anyway......back to Ware. The snacks were fantastic and even though I came in late to them - there were still plenty of min-donuts and croissants left. The 'vibe' was fine - maybe women over? The feng shui of the Blues room was great - the main room less so because of the dimensions (it could do with being a few feet wider).
So - 'even better if's......':
It would be even better if:
- the evening had been publicised more: this is a great place and could have been maybe another 20-30 squeezed in?
- music in the main room. Well.....hmmm. I wasn't there the whole time, so I can only go on what I heard and what other people said to me. It could have been better. Some tracks go on far too long! Please keep them to 3 - 3.5 minutes as the norm. Include songs which have breaks and melodies. Expand the range of tunes played: it was all a bit 'samey'. (This is all a plea to Robin). Maybe even have a guest DJ for an hour to mix it up a bit - something....please!
- provide a transportation service from the main room to the Blues room (eg. a golf buggy). Ok it's only 1 minute walk - but it is across some gravelly bits - and some women were none to keen to go across in their dancing shoes (can't think why.....).
That's about it......I wish Ware every success - I understand there might be tea dances to follow as well as other freestyles and a regular Tuesday night. I hope it continues and develops well.
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