Everyone at the Dance was a first timer at some time in the past.
The New Singles Dance is
open to the public. It operates
as a club to the extent that
it maintains a membership
list and strictly limits attendees
to single people. Up to 10%
of the people at any given
dance are there for the very
first time.
A name tag is provided to
every person who attends
each dance. Your first name
is placed on the tag. A
line underneath the name
indicates that a person
is attending for the first
time. Please make him or
her feel welcome. We urge
all members to wear their
name tags at all times.
Not everyone is good at
remembering names. Name
tags help people make friends
and feel at home.
Name tags also serve a second
important purpose. They
show that you have paid
the admission and done your
fair share to support the
dance financially that evening.
In our opinion, a class
operation does not stamp
hands, as they do at some
bars and other dances. On
the other hand, we believe
that everybody should do
their fair share to support
the weekly dance. Therefore,
if you are not wearing your
name tag, we may ask you
to show it. Please do not
be insulted, or give the
person requesting it a hard
time. It does not mean that
we believe that you have
a dishonest look about you.
If you are a person who
might be insulted, we would
urge you to wear the name
tag. For most people,
it
is not a great imposition
to do so.
Our dances operate with
a cash bar. Money generated
at the dance bar helps to
keep down our rental costs.
It is fairly expensive to
operate a dance every week
at the better facilities.
We have seen many other
dances come and go during
the past 14 years. You may
have noticed that there
are very few singles dances
or singles bars that have
operated for so long a time,
52 weeks a year, at facilities
similar to ours. Our contracts
with the facilities do not
allow our members to bring
in alcoholic beverages or
food from the outside. We
ask you to help us honor
that contract. If the facility
has a bar in addition to
the bar in the ballroom,
we request that you purchase
your beverages in the ballroom,
and not at other bars in
the facility. The price
charged for beverages at
our dance will not be more
expensive than anywhere
else in the facility, and
you will be helping to support
the dance.
When you come to your first dance, please let the persons who are operating the desk know that this is your first dance.. You will be asked to fill out a membership form. On the membership form, you are asked to certify* that you are single. The membership form is confidential. It is maintained by the operators of New Singles for purposes of running New Singles. Information provided to us and is not provided to anyone else for any reason, whatsoever.
Most people feel a little awkward at first...particularly those who are recently divorced or in the process of getting divorced. Remember that most others at the dance were in that same position at one time or another. You will find that a friendly smile and a pleasant "hello, let me introduce myself," will create for you an opportunity to make many new friends. If you tend to be less extroverted than others and find it a little more difficult to make strangers into friends, it make take a few dances before you are truly at ease. Give it a chance, and you will find New Singles a rewarding experience.
* Single is defined as divorced, never married, separated, and widowed.
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