Why Beginner Swing Out Dancers Quit Dancing  

This is the 1st part of a 5 part series, to help understand why swing out dancers quit dancing before they get started.

A popular dance instructor told me that " out of 1,000 people who think they might enroll in a swing dance class, perhaps 50 will actually do it. Of these brave 50, only 30 or so will finish the beginners series.
Of the 30 only 20 will return for intermediate classes. After one year, maybe 10 will still be swing out dancing."
" Whooa! Only ten out of 1,000? " I asked." This number might be high," he replied thoughtfully.
Why such a high turnover? What makes it so hard to begin? What makes it so hard to stay with it? Let's examine the top five reasons why people give up before they really get started.
New-Be Anxiety
Adults don't like to look stupid. That is the bottom line. We adults know how to walk and we don't like to crawl. When new student
" John Doe" walks into that first swing dance lesson, he is no longer
Mr. Big. At that moment, gone is the respect of family, friends, church, and co-workers. Zero is the value of his BA, MBA or Ph.D. Years of jogging, golfing, sking, skating, and batting will not help. Suddenly big John is a kindergarten child again. He's a little kid, a "baby dancer," new-be-know-nothing. This is simply not a condition that adults like to be in.
New-be anxiety is absolutely normal and completely unavoidable. New students can increase there odds of staying with the dance by realizing that this is a price that every single person must pay if they wish to play. Knowing that you're not alone helps a lot. Ask other beginners, intermediate, advanced dancers, and your instructors to share their new-be stories with you. You are not alone!                                       (next month "Fear Of Rejection")

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"Friday Night Swing," It's Off  Tha Chain!

                 "Friday Night Swing" is the place to get  your "Swang" on. The 1st Friday of every month, Swingout Dancers Show-Up to SwingOut. (from all over the metroplex and surrounding cities) Our camera flashed on the SwingOut Dancers that "Show-up to Show-Out "every month. 

                                                                                                                                               Photos: Dennis Cotton

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