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**under par** · 24th-July-2006, 05:06 AM

I have previously posted about the importance of retaining those new men dancers who cross the threshold of modern jive establishments everywhere.

I know there are some great female leaders and I am equally sure most females started dancing to be a follower but have taken up leading to fill a gap in the lack of male leaders. So except for a few female leaders who started dancing to lead(for whom this particular post is not about) I am refering to mainly to new men/leaders in this post.

So here is my attempt at a structured argument.

Without leaders there is no modern jive in my opinion. Full stop. Period.

The modern jive industry is out there like every other form of entertainment to put bums on seats, having taken the punters hard earned wonga.
(I know dancers don't sit down most of the time I just liked the phrase!)

If there are not enough men to lead the ladies at a venue. I suggest that:
1. customers will be disatisfied with not being able to dance to most tracks
2. Customers want a quality lead not just any old beginner
3. some customers will stop attending due to disatisfaction
4.then profits will eventually decline.
5. venues suffer.
6. the health of the nation suffers
7. some venues may close.
8. everyone loses out.

So if the bottom line is you can't modern jive without leaders..... it is important that any men that put their foot in the door should be treated like the potential cash cows they could become to the modern jive industry.

They should be looked after well, cajoled, coerced, and mollycoddled into becoming good/great leaders for the benefit of womenkind and a profitable modern jive future.

There are always still far more women than men at most venues and the new women generally support modern jive longer than new men.

WHY?

Learning to lead is infinitey more difficult for new dancers than following for the same new dancers in my opinion.

I suggest at this very early stage of the development of the new leader,when they have just gotten the courage up to enter the modern jive venue is when I suggest the modern jive industry should have contingency plans and facilities to fast track new leaders.
Give them the special treatment DVDs,videos, books, tuition, tutorials, mentoring in fact anything at all which could reasonably be expected to make this novice into a confident competent leader as soon as possible.

The result. More good leaders/men the more women/followers you can service and as I have previously said above there always more followers than leaders.

By my reckoning then more leaders = more followers = more wonga

Everyone is very happy.

The better the quality of the men/leader should lead to the better quality of follower which would inevitabley lead to the need for a higher standard teacher.
Is this the flaw in my structured argument?

24th-July-2006, 05:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
under par Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Worthing Posts: 5,960 Status: No Status Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 2420	Re: Beginners moving to Intermediate I have previously posted about the importance of retaining those new men dancers who cross the threshold of modern jive establishments everywhere. I know there are some great female leaders and I am equally sure most females started dancing to be a follower but have taken up leading to fill a gap in the lack of male leaders. So except for a few female leaders who started dancing to lead(for whom this particular post is not about) I am refering to mainly to new men/leaders in this post. So here is my attempt at a structured argument. Without leaders there is no modern jive in my opinion. Full stop. Period. The modern jive industry is out there like every other form of entertainment to put bums on seats, having taken the punters hard earned wonga. (I know dancers don't sit down most of the time I just liked the phrase!) If there are not enough men to lead the ladies at a venue. I suggest that: 1. customers will be disatisfied with not being able to dance to most tracks 2. Customers want a quality lead not just any old beginner 3. some customers will stop attending due to disatisfaction 4.then profits will eventually decline. 5. venues suffer. 6. the health of the nation suffers 7. some venues may close. 8. everyone loses out. So if the bottom line is you can't modern jive without leaders..... it is important that any men that put their foot in the door should be treated like the potential cash cows they could become to the modern jive industry. They should be looked after well, cajoled, coerced, and mollycoddled into becoming good/great leaders for the benefit of womenkind and a profitable modern jive future. There are always still far more women than men at most venues and the new women generally support modern jive longer than new men. WHY? Learning to lead is infinitey more difficult for new dancers than following for the same new dancers in my opinion. I suggest at this very early stage of the development of the new leader,when they have just gotten the courage up to enter the modern jive venue is when I suggest the modern jive industry should have contingency plans and facilities to fast track new leaders. Give them the special treatment DVDs,videos, books, tuition, tutorials, mentoring in fact anything at all which could reasonably be expected to make this novice into a confident competent leader as soon as possible. The result. More good leaders/men the more women/followers you can service and as I have previously said above there always more followers than leaders. By my reckoning then more leaders = more followers = more wonga Everyone is very happy. The better the quality of the men/leader should lead to the better quality of follower which would inevitabley lead to the need for a higher standard teacher. Is this the flaw in my structured argument?