Clapping

32 comments

• shadowcat

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  14 years ago

  I can't recall any but I have heard DJ's asking for applause for the dancers.
• georgmicrodong

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  14 years ago

  Well, *I* clap for dancers on occasion, but I'm often the only one. And while I live in the mid-west now, I'm originally from Western NY.
• troop

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  14 years ago

  i'm in the midwest. it's a rare occurance imo, maybe if a girl does something exceptional on stage a few might applaud or maybe a couple of drunk fans might applaud for a fave but no such thing as a full house applause from my experience.
• samsung1

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  14 years ago

  The DJ at one club has this fake applause that he plays sometimes. The feature dancers at Cols Gold try to get everyone to start clapping, they are annoying.
• dudeanonymous

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  14 years ago

  This seems to occur less and less as each year passes. I still see it occasionally on the east coast, but only when there is a big crowd at the stage.
• hooby

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  14 years ago

  Yeah,I thought I was the only "clapper" out there too. It just seems rude not to, even if no-one else in the club is.
• sinclair

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  14 years ago

  I've really only seen this as the night rolls on and everybody is getting drunk and having a good time, hooting and hollering. I agree that you see it less and less as time goes on: common courtesy is old-fashioned concept.
• steve229

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  14 years ago

  Clapping is fairly common at the local clubs which only have stage dancing (no laps in DC).
  
  When I like a dancer's stage show I do a thing where I make eye contact with her and then do a golf clap. Always gets them to come around.
  
  And this is of course completely different from getting the "clap," which was what I thought this thread was about at first, lol.
  
  
  
  
• snowtime

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  14 years ago

  At my favorite club, Fantasia in Huntsville,Al. the DJ always bangs on his table and hollers for people to clap. Very few if any customers respond to his rantings, but he still does it after every song. I can't figure out why they just don't stop it. In the beginning it was a little annoying, but now I pretty much tune it out. Kind of comical in a way.
• Dudester

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  14 years ago

  In 30 years, I've only clapped a couple of times.
  
  It's not a lack of common courtesy, as sinclair bemoans. Clappng is a hangover from the days of burlesque, when the girls on stage actually had talents. Today's strippers either don't have talent, or don't know how to display it. As today's strip clubs are basically bordellos in disguise, the only item being displayed and sold, is sex.
  
  In the days of openly operating bordellos in America, burlesque joints had musicians, comedians, and real dancing talent. At the same time, some bordellos had displays of talent. Some prostitutes entertained their clients by singing, or doing the can can with other dancers, or humerous skits.
  
  I'd refer you to my article here about the history of strip joints, but it seems to have disappeared.
• harrydave

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  14 years ago

  Gotta agree with Dudester. Only 1 in 20 dancers has real dancing talent. The vast majority are what I refer to as "shoe models", and some like to spin around the pole a bit, or get down doggie style and shake their booty. And that's about it. At Hiliter in Phoenix there is one day girl who is a yoga instructor. She is ripped, and does a variety of balancing and strength moves. I have clapped for her.
• sanitago

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  14 years ago

  like some others have said, the club I frequent has a DJ who always asks the customers to "give it up" for whatever dancer is on stage. sometimes they do, usually they don't.
• DoctorDarby

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  14 years ago

  I think both the lack of talent among dancers and the dearth of courtesy among patrons are both at play here. Granted, most girls don't like the stage and give us little to applaud. Occasionally a girl will rock it and get a bit of recognition, but its rare. One thing is for sure--being ordered by the DJ to "make some noise" rarely does the trick, even for feature dancers, who often amp up their show or give away product to the loudest crowd/patron.
• samsung1

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  14 years ago

  Ever seen a dancer make her ass "clap" lol
• gatorfan

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  14 years ago

  Clapping is silly
• Clubber

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  14 years ago

  As sc said, DJ's ask, but I never hear it. Years ago (20+), it was not uncommon.
• dustyshoes

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  14 years ago

  claping is not a misdwest thing. I mainly go to wis. clubs and any ill. clubs and the dj always asks for a hand for the dancer, and there is usually some half hearted claping, but only to satisfy the dj.
• londonguy

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  14 years ago

  Where does the midwest start and finish?
• winorhino

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  14 years ago

  There are a couple of clubs in Southern California where the DJ ask for people to clap after each stripper performs. The patrons rarely do, unless the stripper actually does something unique.
• KitTastic

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  14 years ago

  Clapping happens in the Toronto area, as a courtesy thing. There is a girl up there working her ass off to get your attention, the least you can do is acknowledge her.
• DandyDan

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  14 years ago

  londonguy-
  The Midwest is all the states from Ohio in the east to Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas in the west, and between Kansas, Missouri and the Ohio River on the south and Canada to the north.
  
  I live in the Midwest and I hear clapping all the time, but usually, it's prompted by the DJ. If there is no DJ, you never hear clapping in a club unless there is something exceptional happening, usually a girl-on-girl thing.
• londonguy

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  14 years ago

  Thanks Dandy Dan. Nice profile pic, Pink Floyd, best band EVER.
• georgmicrodong

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  14 years ago

  londonguy: Where the "mid-west" is depends on who you talk to. For some, anything outside of NYC, Washington DC, LA, and San Fransisco, is "mid-west" or "flyover" country. :)
• troop

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  14 years ago

  yup, imo there are no official defined boundries that constitute the midwest.
• tabletopper

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  14 years ago

  Assuming the stripper makes some kind of effort to entertain her audience, I think it would be rude not to show appreciation by applauding. I mean, consider what kind of job she's doing. That in itself deserves to be recognized.
• DoctorDarby

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  14 years ago

  True enough TT, but applause don't pay da' bills. If they get decent tips, the trip to to the stage is worth it, whether we clap or not. When you get up from your table and walk to the stage to give her money, you are accomplishing the same thing as applause, except it has tangible value. When it comes down to it, the highest expression of appreciation towards the performers in a SC is CA$H!!!
• Clubber

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  14 years ago

  DD/tt,
  
  Try walking out of a lap dance area and just clapping instead of giving her the cash. You'll find out real quick, the difference. :)
• LeeH

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  14 years ago

  I've heard of GETTING the clap at a SC.
  
  Down here in the South, we hoop and holler. ;-)
• Clubber

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  14 years ago

  LH,
  
  You made me think of something. Have you ever seen females in a SC? They go crazy!
• MisterGuy

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  14 years ago

  "Anybody go to clubs where the girls get ovations after their stage set?"
  
  I dunno about a standing-O, but I always try to clap after a dancer's stage show if I liked her routine.
  
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  "Where does the midwest start and finish?"
  
  The Midwest consists of 12 states in the north-central USA: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio & Wisconsin. I'd consider ND, SD, NE, and KS to be in the Great Plains, but to each his own I guess...
  
  http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.…
  
• LeeH

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  14 years ago

  Clubber, sorry for delay in replying.
  
  My experience is that if women come without a guy (e.g. girls' night out) or are very drunk, they're nuts. Also very jealous of them, as they get away with a lot of groping that a guy could never do (outside VIP).
  
  If the come without a guy AND they are very drunk, they can be more entertaining/arousing than the dancers.
• tabletopper

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  14 years ago

  I didn't mean to say I'd applaud rather than tip! Doing both is the polite, gentlemanly way to recognize a good performance...