One of our students writes…

Hi Pamm,

It was GREAT to see you last night.

Well …. ? What’s your thoughts? How was it? Will you be doing this again? Perhaps on a weekly basis?

Carl has the potential of attracting whole different crowd of students - dancers. I was surprised that there were not more of “Carl fans” there. But Carl’s Internet site was not user friendly to knowing of this dance opportunity. Carl would have to put a little effort in getting the word out. He should be doing emails and had started an electronic newsletter that hasn’t gotten regular.

Having it at 7:30 at 2LF can work for those who want to go to Frankie’s afterwards.

Note: Carl does not now support or encourage anyone’s attendance at Frankie’s. And this can be an issue of attracting intermediate swing dancers to a Wednesday night Carl class. There is some real warfare going on between Carl and Frankie’s that denies a natural synergism that should exist. Too bad!

Another issue with an evening Carl class is that it could compete with his Sunday classes. Myself, I would prefer an evening class. It seems that Carl’s Sunday classes attract slight more dedicated students.

IF you go forward with Carl on Wednesday nights, I suggest it be a basic- intermediate class (not a beginner). Of course, it could look like a line up of Carl’s Sunday classes (10am beginner, 11am basic, and 12pm Intermediate, 12pm practice session). Carl’s definition of basic swing (my words in his mouth) is someone with 3-6 months of previous beginner lessons.

It could be cool to have Wednesday lesson(s) and then followed by a practice session. Leaving open the opportunity to go to Frankie’s afterwards.

Tim

Any comments? Any other reaction to Carl’s class?