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post holiday dancing... how has january been so far?
Finally going back to work tonight after a 3 week break, although i must admit.... im dreading it a bit because some of my friends have told me our club was absolutely DEAD all week last week... eeek!
How's this month been for everyone else so far? Is it THAT bad everywhere? or is it just London?
I know we are in the middle of a 'credit crunch' and all that... but for those who have been dancing a while... when do things start to pick up a bit more post holiday spending season?
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Hiya Raven.
i'm thinking of getting back into dancing (in London also) but was ensure as when to bounce back....
is the London scene really that bad at the mo? maybe it's the after christmas lull??
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I took a leave from dancing for 6 months, VERY bad thing to do. July till November are usually good for me. January ALWAYS sucks for me, well, except at one club but I refuse to work there anymore. Weather here in the mid-west can fuck everything up. My booking for this week is basically cut down to just Friday and Saturday. Which means no base pay and I have to bust my ass those 2 days.
Once tax season rolls around things get better. It's normally right after Valentine's Day that things pick up again.
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Yeah our club has definitely been much more dead than usual. Blaaah.
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Much better for me...... Back to my usual numbers. December was horrid.
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January has always been the slow time of year and I usually work less. March or April is when things start picking up again. Recession or not it's always been this way.
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Last week my club was dead--I had to hustle my ass off to get $120 a shift. Terrible! Getting money from those dudes was like trying to squeeze blood from a stone.
So yesterday I tried a different, higher-contact club that I hadn't worked at in a few weeks. I made pretty good money (had to do more grinding than usual, too). But the DJ told me it had been dead there lately, too. So I agree that it's been slow everywhere.
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raven,
i work just outside london and it was awful last week! my boss told me to have the weekend off coz i was complaining it was so crap after an awesome xmas!
i am back in work 2mo eve so fingers crossed it picks up. last week the girls were just clearing their house fees and maybe one or two dances on top of that!
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I've worked every night last week and it was extremely slow except for Saturday. I'm planning on working all this week too, so we will see if it picks up any.
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made pretty good money last week actually, $1100 on friday!!!! but it evenev out because I only made $195 on wednesday. I would have made more, but the ATM at my club was out of order grrrrr
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Oksana23
made pretty good money last week actually, $1100 on friday!!!! but it evenev out because I only made $195 on wednesday. I would have made more, but the ATM at my club was out of order grrrrr
god. it's so slow at my club i've only cleared 200 once in the past two months. i haven't been working much, but still!
the only day i worked last week was thursday. i left with $41.
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Well tonight I made $195 and I was lucky to make that. A year ago I would've been pissed. But considering I did better than everyone else tonight, I guess I have to be somewhat satisfied.
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I worked a 10 hour shift on saturday and came out with $240!!! There were about 30 guys through the door all night, the girls said that Friday was worse. :(
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I worked day shift yesterday at the ABCO here in Phoenix, walked with $200. I'm happy with that, it's ALOT more than I would have made in Tucson.
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Wow, are you all serious? I'm most likely moving to AZ within the next year or two. Right now I work in PA at a $5/dance club where we keep all our tips. I drive an hour and half to get there, which is unfortunate. However, even today I made $204 on a 5-hour day shift. There were maybe 15 customers all day long. I do manage to pull money out my bum, as most of the other girls made much less I'm sure. I usually make between $200-500 in a 5-hour day shift on Mon. or Tues. I can't imagine it being THAT bad out west???!!!
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Another AZer... and it is craptastic. Christies Tempe is a joke I went there as a custie last week to check it out, and when that club looks that bad you know it's all over the valley. And where I work it has been like pulling teeth. Hopefully Feb is a little better, especially with All Star coming to AZ.
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My first 2 days this month were awesome, and it has sucked since then. REALLY sucked.
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HotRacerChick
Wow, are you all serious? I'm most likely moving to AZ within the next year or two. Right now I work in PA at a $5/dance club where we keep all our tips. I drive an hour and half to get there, which is unfortunate. However, even today I made $204 on a 5-hour day shift. There were maybe 15 customers all day long. I do manage to pull money out my bum, as most of the other girls made much less I'm sure. I usually make between $200-500 in a 5-hour day shift on Mon. or Tues. I can't imagine it being THAT bad out west???!!!
Yep. 5$ dances at the club I'm at this week. The only reason I made that much o Tues was because $150 of it was from ONE GUY. Wednesday day I made a dollar...after my house and tip-out, a fucking dollar! I was pissed.
Then today, I walked with almost $200, again more than half of it was from ONE guy.
I am not a bulk dancer. I have just got lucky to find that one dude, but if not, if I was relying on strictly a bunch of floor dances, I would have made less than $100 each of those $200 days.
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Cassandra39
Another AZer... and it is craptastic. Christies Tempe is a joke I went there as a custie last week to check it out, and when that club looks that bad you know it's all over the valley. And where I work it has been like pulling teeth. Hopefully Feb is a little better, especially with All Star coming to AZ.
I've heard that Alaskan Bush Co. (where I 'm at this week) is the best one in town. If that's true, I can't even IMAGINE what everyone else is dealing with.
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money hasn't really been that bad for me. I've had a few more off nights than normal, but other than that, I'm still doing alright.
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Pure
Much better for me...... Back to my usual numbers. December was horrid.
Me too.
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South Florida here.. it's been great and the club is packed on weekends!
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^^ Sounds like tourists who are fleeing the freezing weather! (aka where I live).
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I haven't worked at all this month. I'm going in tonight though, wish me luck !
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Absolutely sucks ass right now. I'm thinking of taking off until mid February.