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    Feedback on Club nights

    OK ... I know this thread coulod get emotive but its worth a try. I think DJames started something similar a while back but I couldnt find it so here goes....

    Wednesday night at Ceroc Surbiton
    It seems like I’ve had a few not-so-positive things to say about a few clubs over the last few years, so its nice to be able to get all luvie about a standard club night for a change. Was supposed to be taking a beginner to the Jive Bar but she cried off so I was able to finally to make a trip across town to Surbiton. Despite an easy trip there things started off badly when I found out there wasn’t an alcohol bar …. So I had to endure a Ceroc night sober!! Shouldn’t have worried. Fairly big dance floor which got busy but not suicidaly so, good standard of dancers (nice to see some of the Jango bunch there), nice intermediate lesson taught by the lovely Annalisa while there was an advanced lesson being taught downstairs, and an overall pleasant atmosphere. However, what REALLY made the night was the music. I heard Ivan play a few years back and wasn’t that impressed. What a change. The music was spot on for the night, great range, not throwing too many ‘out there tracks in’ … playing what the public wanted. Got to say it was honestly one of the best sets I’ve heard at an MJ club. AND I got to meet CeeCee …. What a superb dancer … how has she managed to stay hidden for so long?

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Excellent idea, Mr Gus!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus
    I think DJames started something similar a while back but I couldnt find it so here goes....
    It was called "reviews" or something I think, but I can't find it either.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus
    { snip luvvie stuff }
    AND I got to meet CeeCee …. What a superb dancer … how has she managed to stay hidden for so long?
    She demos every night of the week, pretty much, so she's not exactly hiding away...

    Also, SHHH! Don't tell everyone... oops.

    More contributions? (Venue reviews, that is )

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Bugger me sideways!

    I started - well 4th nite out in surbiton
    The fact that i lived in Exeter Court 50 yards down the road obbviously had a lot to do with that. But yes Ivan is cool anahoweveruspellhernamelisa was cute! mmmmm cute! But when i was there she really didn't work the joint! But I had a good time ---- specially with Mo!

    And yes its a school assembly room - No Booze - big downer but there is a pub and a local offy! Hell i din't care.

    But wen I went if there were 50 people in the room it was a good night!

    Sounds like i need to go back!

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    orginally posted by Gus AND I got to meet CeeCee …. What a superb dancer … how has she managed to stay hidden for so long?
    Wow thanks for the compliment Gus, I enjoyed dancing with you too.

    originally posted by DJ she's not exactly hiding away...
    David's right though Gus, I go to so many venues that I can hardly be guilty of hiding.

    originally posted by Trousers But wen I went if there were 50 people in the room it was a good night!

    Sounds like i need to go back!
    Sounds like you should go back, visit Surbiton again and have a great time. There are usually more than 50 people in the advanced class downstairs never mind the large dance floor upstairs, great music, great crowd, great dancers.

    Have fun, Carole

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    Wow! I went once, about 5 years ago, there was about 12 of us there, including the teacher, demo, taxi dancer (just 1) and teacher! The taxi dancer had been dancing about 6 weeks, and the average age was 70! It seemed a pre-requisite that you had to have a blue rinse, and none of your own teeth to go there! Good to hear things have improved!

    Sadly, I won't be making it down there, as I taxi at Ashtons on a Wednesday, maybe I'll haul my arse down there one night when I've got a night off.

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Another shameless plug for Stevenage (I should ask Adam for commission!)...

    http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=6339

    The only thing really missing from this venue are more people

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Quote Originally Posted by LMC
    Another shameless plug for Stevenage (I should ask Adam for commission!)...
    Given that the thread is about an objective feedback of a club nighyt, what has Stevenage got that people need to know about, good or bad?

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    I was considering trying Surbiton as I have heard some good reports from others but I am a bit confused about the amount of freestyle.

    According to the website the intermediate/advanced class is on from 9-9:30 and the night finishes at 10:45

    If thats the case I wouldnt even consider travelling for 1hour + freestyle time.
    I hope I have read it wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul F
    If thats the case I wouldnt even consider travelling for 1hour + freestyle time.
    I hope I have read it wrong.
    I suppose it dpends on what you are after. I was there primarily to observe and learn from teaching styles. Despite the fact I trained with Annalisa, I'd never actualy seen her teach a real class before. Also, despite the fact I've probably covered the moves before, I found it usefull to relarn intermediate moves again. I saw the demo of the advanced and some dancers may want to that type of lesson but I think I've got enough on my hands learning to do normal moves well rather than trying to pick up flash moves that I wouldnt want to use in social dancing.

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus
    I suppose it dpends on what you are after. I was there primarily to observe and learn from teaching styles. Despite the fact I trained with Annalisa, I'd never actualy seen her teach a real class before. Also, despite the fact I've probably covered the moves before, I found it usefull to relarn intermediate moves again. I saw the demo of the advanced and some dancers may want to that type of lesson but I think I've got enough on my hands learning to do normal moves well rather than trying to pick up flash moves that I wouldnt want to use in social dancing.
    So is there much freestyle?
    The classes sound good but I would go mainly for the freestyle.

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    P.S. Apparently Surbiton is closed tonight. Nothing to do with Gus's positive review, I'm sure

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus
    Given that the thread is about an objective feedback of a club nighyt, what has Stevenage got that people need to know about, good or bad?
    Was there not enough info on the linked thread?

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Quote Originally Posted by LMC
    Was there not enough info on the linked thread?
    uURRRRR, NO! No objective comparsion of the teachers capability or style of lesson, standard of the dancers, numbers turning up, what style of music played, condition of the floor ... etc. etc.

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus
    uURRRRR, NO! No objective comparsion of the teachers capability or style of lesson, standard of the dancers, numbers turning up, what style of music played, condition of the floor ... etc. etc.
    Well the only venue in Aberdeen that I didn't really like* has been closed down and the night forced to move to another venue: Thursdays is no longer in O'Donahughes - is currently sharing the Wednsday venue of Jumpin Jacks, but will soon be moving to the Station Hotel.

    (*Didn't like due to the floor rather than any other factor: best atmosphere of just about any night, but cobbles?)

    BTW I think that you can only really comment without bias on venues outside of your regular ones.

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    I don't mind having a go at this :

    Ceroc Guildford - The Stoke

    I went there recently with Andy McG. It's changed quite a bit from the old days. New floor, decorated nicely and posh loos

    Good numbers, but not packed, there were a few more men then women

    Standard of dance intermediate with some eager beginners - nice and friendly faces, only a couple of the old crowd, mainly new people to me.

    Music, not bad, a good mixture and enough pop to satisfy the punters.

    Class taught by Paul Kingston, good clear instruction they all seemed to get the lesson, as most practiced their new moves on me

    Only neg I found was the parking - the small car park was packed and there was very little spaces for on street parking

    This is the very venue that produced a lot of our top dancers, including Joseph Reale (Ceroc Munich and ex Katy Baxter's business partner)

    PS: Most went over the road to the pub to finish the evening off (that bit hasn't changed )
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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    OK, here's my review of ISH from way back:

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    So, I went to ISH (Great Portland Street, central London) on Tuesday 17th May.

    The teacher was Simon, the demo was a certain foxy lady (!), but I only caught the last few minutes of the intermediate class, due to getting lost in Maida Vale for 15 minutes.

    I got slightly confused when entering the place, as there was a very small room in front of me, with a class going on, and I had a horrible moment when I thought “Is this it?”. It turns out that this was the consolidation class, held in the bar area, duh.

    The main class was in the main hall, which I eventually found after fumbling around trying to open a couple of wrong doors. Good thing I have no sense of embarrassment then; yep, that was me, fumble fumble. …

    From what saw of the class, it was an extremely long and complex routine – but I understand from later comments that this was a revision class or something… People generally seemed to be very familiar with the routine, so that explains it.

    So, onto the freestyle. There were lots of good dancers, it was a friendly crowd, and I’ve no reason to believe this was unusual.

    The dance floor was excellent, one of the best I’ve encountered recently.

    The number of dancers was also perfect – enough to fill the floor, not enough to be crowded, so there was plenty of space to move.

    Music was also great, at least in my subjective opinion – certainly I had no problems dancing to pretty much all the tracks.

    Unfortunately, it finished at 10.30 – I was certainly up for another half-hour, but I assume that the early finish is due to the venue rules and regulations. On the plus side, the teacher actively encouraged dancers to go to the venue bar upstairs, which is great for socialising and building up friendships (ah, reminds me of the old Central Club, nostalgia trip…)

    Overall, great night, good to try somewhere new, but a bit too far from my normal haunts (and finishing a bit too early) to be a regular session.

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    I think I did a review of Finchley, I'll see if I can dig it up...

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    only just started dancing again after a long injury layoff. these were my impressions of the first places I went back to.

    ish, maybe a month ago

    nice enough venue, and close to the tube. nice floor, no queue at the bar, and reasonably priced drinks. enough seating, which is important when your leg hasnt recovered as much as you thought. having the beginners revision class in the entrance does make it a bit difficult getting in, but i doubt they have any option. maybe they could put the desk upstairs?

    caught the last 30 minutes of the intermediate class. it looked too complicated for me to try to catch up on, so i sat and watched. noone else seemed capable of doing it either, so maybe i shouldnt have worried. the teacher was an aussie (simon?) and gave plenty of advice and detail on the moves. it just seemed that noone was listening. you cant fault his enthusiasm though.

    the freestyle was too busy until they opened up the divider to the bar area. no problems after they did that. nice mix of music. a little bit of everything, and not too much of anything. it seemed like a very young crowd, with few familiar faces.

    it finished way too early. id go back if it went on until 11, but not while it stays at 10:30


    ashtons on friday
    nice big carpark! very friendly and efficient on the door. got there late so cant comment on the class. (dont even know if there was one). quiet at first, then got very busy. at one point it was too busy to dance, but that suited me because my leg needed a rest. not sure i'd feel the same way if i was healthy.

    the crowd was definitely older than ish. surprising then that it was the first venue ive been to for years where my ears were ringing. way too loud.

    the music itself was ok at first. after midnight i didnt like it as much. too much latin, to the exclusion of everything else. is this amount of latin normal now? some people obviously loved it, but i left after what seemed like 30 minutes of nonstop latin and went home.


    almost certainly wont go back


    alex

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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Rutherglen Town Hall
    Northants Girly and I went there last Thursday evening .......

    Parking
    The very lovely Claire S gave us a lift and we didn't appear to have any problem there.

    Venue
    Fantastic ..
    Good size hall, sprung floor and just right for dancing, separate bar and chill out area and what a bar and jugs of water freely available.

    Teaching
    Mairie (sp?) - can't fault the lady, although I did think the Salsa warm-up a little strange

    Music
    One of the best 'Ceroc class sets' I have heard

    Natives
    Fantastic, warm and very friendly

    The standard of dancing was beginner to intermediate but all keen and they all stayed to the end of the evening ............ not many beginners do that down south

    Will definitely revisit if I get a chance .... thank you guys


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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    Quote Originally Posted by Minnie M
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    ........./snip/..Music
    forgot to mention - acustics were good too


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    Re: Feedback on Club nights

    I went to Finchley for the first time on Monday


    Ok I still think a strong wind could blow the place down and lack of loo paper etc (ok too much detail)

    But I had a great night

    A wide range of dancers, ok many more women but

    Friendly and cosy. Ill be going back,if my Taxi driver is


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