Tom Stermitz had a nice post on TANGO-L about this sometime in 2006 or 2007. The crux of the matter seems to be selling the possibility of being the master of a situation: rather than being swept off their feet by passion, they are the ones doing the sweeping.
In general, I find Tom's views on community development refreshing and intelligent. I think it would be well worth your while to look up his old posts in the archives. Christopher On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:38:08 -0800 (PST), "Tango For Her" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
