you people are hard to understand i mean for the people that have never heard of ballroom dancing until now and want to sign up for it, it would kinda nice if you could talk about things that we can all understand.

Some of us have been dancing for 10 years or longer, some of us have only just started. Rather than complaining, how about asking some questions about things that interest you? Everyone here is free to bring up any topic they like. So be constructive and talk about something that interests you, or that you know about, or ask a question about something you would like to know more about. We're a pretty friendly and helpful bunch here.

well some of us are starting our 1st year and if we want to learn something then it would be nice for you 10th year dancers to give us something useful and understandable we don't mean to be rude but it would be nice of there's going to be alot of people not signing up to ballroom dancing anymore.

Hi,

If it's any consolation I think the web-site is great. I'm a beginner and I find it very helpful, especially after I've tried something new and I want to look at it from a different perspective.

Some of the concepts are difficult to grasp at first but you have to work at it. If it was easy then I wouldn't bother!

Regards

Way to go Kim.We're not complaining,we just want to read something that makes sense to us beginners.There was a question about who's the Boss and people are responding to it.

well thank you us starters should get a chance to know and get the first hand on ballroom dancing. and understand it.

Hi Kimberley,

On the one hand I agree that the more experienced dancers should be considerate of queries from beginners, giving them information that they are ready to receive and understand. Far to often a thread that starts as simple request for beginner information is turned into a deep technical discussion at the earliest possible opportunity that only the very experienced competitive dancer can begin to comprehend.

On the other hand this forum has become one place on the net where the more experienced competitive dancer can post a request for help or explanation, etc. to a long standing and seemingly intractable problem and actually get back intelligent responses that provide plausible solutions. Often they are looking for a deep and comprehensive response. At the very least it will start a debate among the hardcore techies and somewhere in the arguments and counter arguments of thread is the answer. I don't think you would want to lose that. Believe me, you will appreciate the opportuntity to tap into the collective wisdom as you continue dancing.

Perhaps the answer is to make clear the level of dancer you are. If a beginner gets a response that they cannot comprehend then say so and I'm sure you will get a favourable response from the poster.

I know that you're not suggesting this but personally, it would be sad to see is this forum trivialized into social, chit-chat drivel of one-liners and emoticons like some of the other dance forums where there are pages and pages of sweet nothings.

Rha

well thanks Rha that is very helpful now thanks for your post!

Rha,your response was great. The problem I have had from this website from some of my questions is being underestimated and recieving a leacture on the basics. It would be a good Idea if we were to post what leval and style of dance we are refering to.

"Rha,your response was great. The problem I have had from this website from some of my questions is being underestimated and recieving a leacture on the basics. It would be a good Idea if we were to post what leval and style of dance we are refering to."

"advanced problems" almost invariably *are* basic problems that the dance was able to get away with until recently...