After over 5 years of weekly dancing, Johnny D's Uptown Lounge in Davis Square, Somerville, is discontinuing its Monday night swing dancing. I suppose it makes sense. Attendance has been low and it would be an insult if a ton of people showed up one last time to see them shut down. Johnny D's had a long strong run in Davis Square, capitalizing especially in last year's swing craze. This created an environment that did not encourage the more experienced dancers to go there so they stayed away, preferring to go to places that featured more dance time and dance space than lessons and band breaks.
Fads come and go so the crowds found something else to do and stopped coming around.
Back during Mohan's going-away party there, someone I know predicted that Johnny D's would shut down the swing dancing within 6 months. While not having written the date down, I think he was about right on the money. And that's unfortunate. I finally got to dance in Minneapolis after so many trips there. I went to Famous Dave's BBQ in Calhoun Square in Minneapolis.