Water Smugglers

Water Smugglers. Please Stop.

A lot of you know this already but for those who don't this message is for you. Historically, keeping an weekly event built for salsa dancers alive at a nightclub is a huge challenge. Believe it or not, the 5 to 7 dollar cover charge per person does not go a long way to pay the bartenders, the DJ, the security, the instructors, the electric bills, the mortgage, etc. Normally those expenses are covered by alcohol sales at the bar.

Now no one is asking that you buy alcohol if that is not something you want. That would be silly. But if water is something that you are want then why not buy it from the bar? You purchase would do more then just quench your thirst. It would go toward supporting the people who are providing the service that you are their to receive. In this case lots of salsa music and dancing.

If buying from the bar (water. alcohol, or otherwise) is something most are not willing to do then one of two things would need to happen to continue:

• Pay more at the door (cover charge) in which case you pay more and get less
or
• Buy your water/drinks from the bar, in which case you pay more and GET MORE

Either way, if we salseros want to continue to have nightclub events that cater to our specific desires then we need to pay more. Not a lot more, but more. We, salsa event promoters and organizers, are doing our part by working hard to continuously introduce more people into the salsa scene, but it is all for not if our current community is working against us at the same time.

At the very least don't take back what you just paid by smuggling in your own drinks. It is an insult to the people who work hard to provide you what you came there for.

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