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We recently listened to a couple of podcasts that interviewed owners of a couple of different swing clubs. We were struck by just how dedicated these folks are. We were also amazed by the amount of work. One couple actually works basically from noon the day of the opening to set up until noon the next day to clean up. The best clubs are those where you don't see the hard work, you just have fun. We can see how getting caught up in the fun makes you think it would be fun to run a club.

Hubby once thought about getting into the restaurant biz and did a few stints in college to get a feel for it. It's one thing to enjoy the idea of running a restaurant, but behind the scenes it's tough, tough work. You also work really lousy hours in terms of nights and weekends. He choose another path, but we have a real respect for what it takes to run a good restaurant.

Same goes for a good club (swing or vanilla). So two commandments for all of us should be:

1) Thank your club owner and hosts. Without them we would have no place to play.

2) Use towels and pick up your condoms! It's gross for all of us having to navigate a floor full of used condoms and ultimately it's the club employees who have to do it!!