Then to hire a hall, e.g. school size hall, is expensive. Our big band needs to occasionally play a dance date as from the usual one hour spot it does at local concerts and Jazz Festivals. People have, of the past few years, got out of the habit of wanting to go to local old time dances and those that Ron puts on. Ron has yet to come along to one of our band rehearsals to hear some music we play to see if suitable for any special dances he teaches and puts on. I'll contact him soon to see what we can try this year.
Nobody wants anything to run at a loss and cost the organisers extra money if there is a loss.
What support is there when you try a dance with a band. I used to do a lot of local dances, socials, with my musicians parents, for local organisations. Sad young people these days don't want to learn communication type dancing or swing dancing, that comes up in movies set in the swing era. Often we had to compete against a very loud DJ, and our band just couldn't follow his dance orientated music at a deafening volume. Well friend John, that is my rant about the music and dance scene in Whangarei.