Actually, I should clarify on the advertising. I, originally, ran the ad with a model in the picture. I called the newspaper to ask why I had such success and she told me that women wanted to be like the model. (Don't shoot me! SHE said it!)
Later, I ran another ad with the same words, but without the model and there was a much smaller response. Anyway, I did notice that, in the first case, a lot of wives called. Again, the point of bringing this up in the first place is to ask if anyone knows of ways to attract more men to the dance. --- Tango For Her <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know of a solution to the problem of women > sitting out for most of the night. I am aware of it > and try to accomodate. But, I think leaders are > selecting with such criteria as: > > Followers with/to whom they: > > - like to dance > - are closer friends > - study > - teach > - are attracted > - can make them better if they dance with them > - etc > > Given a long list, everyone has a different agenda. > > For example, I have seen leaders who rise to being > one > of the best dancers in the community and, in the > process, they only dance with followers who can make > them better. I don't believe in finding good or bad > in that. It is what it is. My point is that there > are many reasons why leaders just don't dance with a > large variety of followers. > > I notice extremely good followers who, for one > reason > or another, sit a lot. That always amazes me. But, > everyone is different, everyone has their lists, and > it is what it is, I guess. > > My question is, organizing your thoughts like this, > is > there any way to approach the problem? > > A side note: Does anyone know of any wording of ads > that attract men to the dance? I, once, ran an ad > that read something like "Women can dance! So, we > teach the men to treat them right!". My phone rang > off the hook. Guess who called! Wives who wanted > to > bring their husbands! Any ideas to attract more > men? > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I recall the time (perhaps 12 years ago) in my > area > > (San Francisco) when there were no discernible > > tandas.? I should say there were no cortinas.? At > > that time most tangueros honored the > multiple-dance > > custom, but it was not based on any style of > music. > > > > Given the gender imbalance at many milongas in the > > U.S., I'm beginning to think tanda-less milongas > are > > not so bad.? It seems far worse to have many > people, > > ususally ladies, who never get to dance the whole > > evening. > > > > In the swing dance community, the rule is 1 dance > > and move on.? Even the custom of escorting one's > > partner is sacrificed in order to maximize mixing. > I > > suspect this approach would never work in > Argentina, > > but in the U.S. it might help achieve the goal of > > distributing the joy of tango more evenly. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > More new features than ever. Check out the new > > AIM(R) Mail ! - http://webmail.aim.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Tango-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
