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Posted: 8/25/2006 1:35:21 PM | | I'm fairly new to the single world and don't like to go to places alone. So if I can find someone to go with me I'll be there. If not, everyone have a great time. I'll be thinking of you while I'm vegging out on my couch at home....ALONE!!!! Yikes I hope that don't happen...lol | |
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Posted: 8/25/2006 1:36:06 PM | | didn't think the first one posted....lmao!!!!!! | |
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Posted: 8/25/2006 2:40:33 PM | come!!!!! you can sit with me..... lilacrose was looking for friends too
Barb lol will be dancing lol | |
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Posted: 8/25/2006 2:49:28 PM | I am off with ronnie and karen to set up and wecolme table... can't wait to meet you all!!!!!!
Lets have FUN!!!!!!!!!!!
see you all there!!!!!!! | |
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Posted: 8/25/2006 8:44:53 PM | It was great to meet everyone I talked with. I signed in right behind LilacRose. I met LancasterLady and I can't remember who else. Wish I had spent more time outside with the Fishy's but it was kinda warm out there. I had a great time dancing. Some nice looking man even asked me to dance the cowboy cha cha. That was awesome. Can't wait for the next Sundance Fishy get together.
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Posted: 8/26/2006 3:08:53 AM | | best time out i had in a longtime thank you Ronnie and barb karen there was a lot of good people that showed up for the event Michael | |
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kasie
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Joined: 3/4/2006
Msg: 137 | |
| really great time
Posted: 8/26/2006 3:38:38 AM | My experience was not as lovely.. But I hope I am entitled to my opinion without being judged.
that won't happen at a ronnie event. ronnie makes sure everybody dances!!!!!! see you tonight. I will look for you. (he didnt even introduce himself or say hello)
When I first walked up to the table for my badge..there was some drunken idiot yelling out that he was in the irish mafia (is there such a thing..lmao) and he had hits out so he had to leave.. (this was after he attempted signing in at the table but couldnt stand long enough to do that..
I was greeted by Pawpawken with a hug.. THAT WAS IT!!! I attempted introducing myself to several people with little or no response.. ( I DID NOT FEEL WELCOME) The place was so huge that it would of been impossible to meet anyone..let alone have the opportunity to dance with someone
To me it was your typical hanging out at a bar on a Friday night.. and unless your a dANCER.. you didnt belong with this group.. I was only there for the meet part.. too bad..
I also didnt see any drink specials.. $4.00 for a short mixed drink..whewwwww needless to say I only had one. Not one server in the place..never emptied an ashtray, picked up an empty bottle or glass etc.
I personally will not be returning to any event there...
As for safety.. I did not feel unsafe and I was home before midnight so I did give this a chance without question.. I came in alone but left with three other POF'rs | |
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Posted: 8/26/2006 8:17:38 AM | | I agree with the place being alittle too big.. everyone was spread out. i did meet afew ppl and a few ppl came up to me.. most of the ppl i talked to were just there to have fun. Kept asking what the badge was for. now i did do some dancing on the hip hop side and did some pole dancing for those lucky enough to see that.. and i was going to leave early but ended up meeting someone who i couldnt take my eyes off of lol so all in all good times, but i do agree with the place beign not for everyone. | |
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Joined: 7/4/2006
Msg: 139 | |
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Posted: 8/26/2006 11:35:07 AM | YOU GET OUT OF SOMETHING WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT.
For 45 minutes past 2:00am there were clusters of Pofers in the parking lot of the SUNDANCE talking to each other. Single people who had met others and wanted to keep the conversations going.
Last night three different people came up to me and apologised for their comments on this thread. About eight said they were POFers who went to other POF club events who still liked the Sundance . Two said they did not want to be told where to go with their own free time.
About 30 people stayed over 3 hours. Many told me what a great time they had.
And those who had enough courage to want to dance, they danced.
I purposely made 4 sweeps thru the the multi room club and went table to table. I tried to talk to everyone who wanted to be spoken to. I am not rude. People deep in conversations I try not to interupt. I announced myself to the patio gatherers twice and thanked everyone for coming and told everyone how grateful I was they came. The mgmt of this club constantly swept through the club greeting people and passing out free passes and handouts.
Three times I let the whole building know that now that people had their first drink or two (hehehe several told me they needed that) the dj was in the booth, 60 dance albums were spread out on two tables. You could actually pick out your favorite music. I spent 80% of my evening on the dance floor. Barb was on the dance floor on the country side all night greeting anyone with the attitude to try to fit in.
Everybody who came onto the other floor I was there. I tried to talk to everyone who wanted to talk to me. A lot of our guests sang karaoke all night till close. Several played pool. Several sat and watched the line dance lessons telling me they had never seen that before and were facinated. A lot sat outside on the patio in clusters and talked. And some went dancing. (Especially later in the evening)
If you did not get mingled with you did not try yourself to mingle. If you did not dance you never came to the dance floor edge trying yourself to dance.
This boils down to three things.
There are over 100,000 music albums on sale in USA stores today because of peoples varying tastes. There are thousands of different places to go to eat. And thousands of various night spots. People love a place or event while others do not.
Secondly people cannot drag strangers off their duffs and pull them out to mingle. You must do your own part. You must try. We presented a place and a gathering of very nice willing singles. Lynn110 is very ill. She has a neuromuscular illness. She is in a wheelchair. She wheeled herself to the edge of the dance floor and 5 different men "danced" her. She cried later at the kindness shown to her. She had volunteered to spend three hours out front in the heat greeting people so I could do all that club sweeping, table to table talking and time on the dance floor.
And then there is the tyrant factor. How dare you! Who do you think you are? Don't you know you are not welcome? You do not have the right to do that. We were first, go away. Blah - blah - on and on really offensive.
Well guess what? The evening was a success. Several people stayed over 5 and 1/2 hours!!! Several people got dates out of the evening. Several people found new friends. And bunches of people hugged me and thanked me for trying so hard to see that they had a chance to meet others and have a good time.
Some like Boy George. Some Pavarotti. Some Celine Dion. Some Travis Tritt. Some like Stevie Wonder. Others like the Rolling Stones. Some ACDC. And some just hate music.
And oh, by the way. Several POFers asked me to do this again. They wanted to come back and meet more people and repeat the good time they had.
Sept 22nd. Friday evening. 7:30pm - Meet n Music n Karaoke n Dancing,
Where? At the SUNDANCE/CRAWDADDYS DOUBLE DANCE CLUB of course.
THANK YOU TO THE 74 PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT.
Ronnie C. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2006 11:47:42 AM | OH, also
About 10 people who intended to come emailed me because they had to work over, had car trouble etc but would come to the next event.
That would have made 84 and counting me, lancasterlady and lynn110 added in that would make 87. All put together for our first event in just 3 1/2 weeks. NOT BAD!!! 
THANKS AGAIN!!!!! | |
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Joined: 3/4/2006
Msg: 142 | |
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Posted: 8/26/2006 1:28:40 PM | Because I gave my own personal opinion of my visit I am judged..as I knew I would be. By the way..You NEVER once came to our table (you were however 2 ft away or less and I had my nametag on)..however if you are the host..you should stop at tables..introduce yourself..you did NOT stop at ours..only stopped next to it.
I also sat at the edge of the dance floor..thank you... and I also went into the other room where NOONE was dancing..
I never said anything harsh about it only that it was not something I would attend again due to being such a large place and having the members scattered about.. The point behind a meet and greet is to have those members where than CAN mingle..not shout over the music. | |
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| Your opinion vs others..
Posted: 8/26/2006 2:17:17 PM | No I did not,
It is rude to post personal comments about others on public threads. So I try my best to not do that. The overwhelming majority of our attendees had a wonderful time. And I worked hard at it.
It was never my job to go to 70 people one at a time. Add walking around time and one minute each that could well have amounted to 100 minutes or more. I constantly went to the front outside to the table to check on lynn110. Had to coordinate with club staff, dj, talk to those who did realise I was going around making myself available and talk to those people. And go to the dance floors. And I sang one for about 8 karaoke people who asked to hear me sing.
If I had taken 100 minutes out of say 120 minutes (the first 2 hours) I could not have done all the things I needed to do. I did all I physically could do. I put smiles on most peoples faces. A few I did not.
At least 30 times I spoke with individuals. At least 15 times. I spoke to a group of people.
Again, here I am, 2 or 3 percent of a group of people trying to be negative and calling me directly out, but if I in some general way try to put the whole night in perspective, I am the person wrong.
The ones who told me they were impressed and would make this their new club home (6 people), the ones who directly asked me to be sure and do this again (about 18) the ones who got a date, thats 3 dates I know of = 6 people, the roughly dozen people who searched me out 1:45 to 2:15am to say goodnight and thank us, etc they had a good time. I think I should have the freedom to point that out.
Think for a moment. Think about the events of your life. This was not a small gathering on the patio of my home. It was a large group mixed in with the club people spread out over several rooms.
Am I sorry you did not have a good time? Of course. But can I let this thread be left with the impression I did not work hard at it or that no one really enjoyed themselves?
Of course not.
I recently went to a mixer in another club. I went to dance. I saw right away it was not suitable to dance. In the 2 hours and 45 minutes I was there not one person danced. I did not go onto that events thread and complain that no one danced me. I asked several POFers if a dance club were available would you come?
I did. People did. And several want to come again.
Thats the best I can do.
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Posted: 8/26/2006 2:20:10 PM | Hi all,
Special Hello's to Barb, Ronnie and Karen. KarenLynn110) did a great job of greeting everyone. Ronnie(charles43130) tried to get around. I saw him throughout the evening going from room to room and stopping at some tables, plus trying to dance. I think there wasn't enough of him to go around. Seemed no matter where he went or who he talked to someone else wanted his attention as well(sign of a good host). Barb(lancasterlady) greeted me as soon as I made it inside and had sat down for not more then 5 minutes. She also periodically caught up to me to check and see how I was doing. I also saw her making rounds periodically from room to room. She was also a rare commodity.
You truly do
GET OUT OF SOMETHING WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT
There were more then 40(being conservative) POFers there and 2 assigned people that were constantly making rounds to see if everyone was having a good time. Considering how many people there were to keep up with and the number kept on growing.
When I first walked up to the table for my badge..there was some drunken idiot yelling out SUNDANCE is a dance club which is typically a place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk, which tend to have a large room or hall for receptions, public entertainment, or exhibitions. ..... Not surprising that there may have a been a drunk man there and a lot more drunk people before the night was over.
COME TO LUCKY'S.... I bet there are few there as well.
On to my experience. I eventually made a "great" time of the evening and will likely go back again. I had nobody to go with so I didn't have anyone to spend the evening with. I'm older and NOT thin or beautiful, so I don't attract much attention just sitting alone at a table.
I walked around, talked to the Host's and a few other people. I enjoyed the karaoke. As far as I am concerned the karaoke made the evening for me. I met a few fun people and saw a lot more as the evening progressed. If you came early and left early you missed the best part. Most party's don't start swinging until after they have been going for awhile. People, especially people that don't know each other need time to warm up and get comfortable with each other.
I expect consecutive events will just continue to get better and better.
If you didn't go this time, give it a chance next time. If you did come and didn't stick around for awhile....come back and give it another chance. If its not your scene, find your own scene(or make one).
Thank for all the efforts of all who were involved.
IMHO
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kasie
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Joined: 3/4/2006
Msg: 145 | |
| Your opinion vs others..
Posted: 8/26/2006 2:35:38 PM | It is rude to post personal comments about others on public threads. So I try my best to not do that.
I did not post personal comments about others..I simply stated the facts and what my time was like at this event.. it was NOTHING personal.. PERIOD.. Had I said something wonderful happend, Im sure I would not have been judged nor anything said to me.
Again, here I am, 2 or 3 percent of a group of people trying to be negative and calling me directly out
I never called anyone out Charles.. If you would read my original post again you would see that. Also on the POSITIVE comment I made about safety..I notice nothing is being said.
I stood up for the right to attend any event because we should all have a choice however I suppose since it is YOUR event..that means you will only comment about YOURS and nobody else is entitled to their opinion. Do we not live in AMERICA!
Nothing further will be said and if I offended your HONOR I apologize but I never said anything derogatory about you .. We have comments of all kinds on all the forums..personally my friend I believe YOU yourself are taking this much too personal.
Good luck on your next event. | |
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| Your opinion vs others..
Posted: 8/26/2006 3:08:31 PM | | hi I believe kat summed up pretty good for the first event I think it went pretty well sure there were some problems but they can be worked out in future events Ronnie barb and Karen did the best job they could with the amount of people their kat sorry I didn't get to say goodnight when you were saying by to barb I was talking to karen apologized for that Michael | |
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| Your opinion vs others..
Posted: 8/26/2006 3:09:31 PM | You were directly talking to me. I just reread this thread.
And you continue this because you are angry. I am sorry you are angry. But telling readers what actually happened is what I must do. There is nothing I can do or say that would be good enough for you. In your eyes I am a thoughtless person. You do not use the word jerk, but, you just as well could have. That fits the tone of your comments.
You have made up your mind. OK. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2006 3:16:28 PM | Thanks a lot.
I really appreciate that very much.
I tried, we tried, very hard to put smiles on peoples faces. I did not pay enough attention to her.
When I stayed at my "hosting" duties she got upset with me.
So shes now taking it out on me publicly. And twisting anything I say around to make it a fight. I really guess I do not understand everybody.
Thanks for coming last night.
Ronnie | |
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| Your opinion vs others..
Posted: 8/26/2006 3:25:56 PM | Hello POFers... Opinions are alike buttholes, everyone has one. That being said, everyone needs to STOP with the****ring. There were positives and negatives of last night's experience and a bunch of variables that are or were beyond anyone person's control. Folks are taking this thread way too personal.
I had a good time last night. I didn't feel threatened by the neighborhood. I did find it challenging to socialize with other POFers b/c of the size of the place, but keep in mind, I am a "social butterfly" and I will talk to anyone regardless if they are a POFer or not. I made my rounds, sang karaoke, shot some pool, even slow danced a little and paid my bar tab (which I felt was reasonable). I ran into some old friends and made some new ones.
No one should be upset because they weren't approached or someone didn't introduce themselves. We are adults and last time I checked, we all have the ability to say "Hello" or flag someone down to get a hug. It's hard to be the "hostess with the mostess", but realize that these events take a lot of planning and hard work to pull off. Each POFer is responsible for their own good time.
I went out there last night to see old friends, meet some new ones and walked away last night achieving both of those goals. I also wanted to support the local Eastside POFers who have come to Lucky's to support the local Westside POFer events. I achieved that goal too. We are just a bunch of fish swimming in the same pond... if this event wasn't for you, take notes so you don't put yourself back in that combination of variables again, but many other folks did enjoy themselves and to them the event was a success, it needs to be left as that.
Afterwards, a couple of us went to breakfast at TeeJay's and ran into other POFers that attended the event. We had a great time visiting and cutting up with each other. Two of the ladies from Cleveland that came down seemed to enjoy themselves and said they are making plans to visit us again. Yeah!!! We POFers in Columbus.. just know how to party!
 
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Posted: 8/26/2006 3:30:51 PM | Jodie
You go girl.
Clubber dontcha think?
Life is not all cheese cake with cherries is it Jodie? Some times there are pits. HEHEHE
I had a good time. At least my sore muscles are telling me I had a good time.
Ronnie C. | |
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