I've made some changes to the article. Ideally it needs editing by someone who was around at the various historical events referred to.
Just had a thought - this should be in Geeks Corner not Chit Chat - its more wikipedia rules comments than Ceroc comments...
Wikipedia, that bastion of truth and knowledge is kept that way by a set of important rules one of which is Neutral Point of View (NPOV) - a fundamental Wikipedia principle which states that all articles must be written from a neutral point of view
which made me think this was quite funny...
this is from the Ceroc Wikipedia entry here
Invented? A new company with a dance variation as its product saw its roots in London yes....but a new invention? Too much credit?Ceroc was invented in London, England, by James Cronin
I can just imagine an impartial review of a company like ESSO starting with "One of the fantastic things about ESSO is it tries to be kind to seals in alaska..". or the Adolf Hitler entry; "One of the fantastic things about Adolf..."One of the fantastic things about Ceroc Enterprises as an organisation is the uniformity of the safety standards set solidly in the minds of its instructor
plug...Ceroc venues run regular classes, every week, seven days a week 24 hours a day (for all the dedicated dancers out there).
plug..Ceroc UK Championships....This is an annual dance event...etc..
Is this Point Of View? Even if the dance itself was Ceroc, Ceroc then became a company so the dance itself has to have a name. This paragraph suggests that Ceroc is not modern jive but "Ceroc" and that the new "modern jive" clubs were mere offshoots that brought nothing new. POV? This sort of thing is usually frowned upon in Wikipedia too.In 1990, one of the original Ceroc Franchisees, Robert Austin, (who had broken away from Ceroc to form LeJive) coined the phrase "Modern Jive". This description later became a generic term * Ceroc that was used by teachers and clubs that were not part of the newly created Ceroc Enterprise.
*Im assuming there should be a for here.
Slightly biased toward Australian Ceroc this? possibly, especially as the majority of the links at the bottom are for Australia and New Zealand.An Intromediate or Bridging class
Compare the Ceroc entry to the modern jive entry which is far more impartial and reads much less like an advert.
Comments ? DavidJames?
I've made some changes to the article. Ideally it needs editing by someone who was around at the various historical events referred to.
I've never seen or heard of a snow ball at Ceroc or Modern Jive ( other than the wikipedia article ) - only in travelling ballroom dances.
Maybe that is an Australian/NZ thing - or I just don't get around the UK enough.
I have an ignorant question. Why is the Licensing Act (2003) linked to by the article as further reading?
because there was a comment in the entry about closing times at weekends as if licencing laws were a big shock to the creator of this entry
The start time varies from venue to venue, according to local circumstances (and the day of the week — Sunday classes often start earlier in order to comply with English and Scottish licensing laws, which require that music and dancing be licensed), but is generally between 7pm and 8pm.
or on this forum there are pages from Michel Ange Lau. :-
http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/s...light=ange+lau
The entry seems to have improved somewhat - I removed this line ... " It is mostly danced by the white middle aged middle class." - who on earth wrote that?
Rubbish grammar as well. Did the writer mean 'it is mostly the white middle aged middle class who dance it', or 'the white middle aged middle class mostly dance this', or what?
If the first, I don't think it's that far off. Never seen a nob at an MJ venue, and there aren't a lot of working class people there...
I stand by what I posted. If you are a person of a particular ethnic and social group it is highly likely that you will wish to socialise with similar persons. (Except me; I only want to socialise with young blonde women. Ok, young women in general.)
Perhaps you feel a little peeved about being grouped with the rest of us white middle aged middle class types..?
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