sinclair's Review

I went to Woody’s Show Club on a Friday night at 18:30. The cover charge was only $7 before 19:00. The cover goes up to $15 after 19:00, then $20 after midnight, and finally $30 after 01:00. Anyone over eighteen is allowed inside, and anyone over twenty-one can bring their own beer. Hard alcohol is not allowed. I brought in a cooler full of Sincweisers on ice. There was no cooler check when I came in, so I might have been able to have snuck in some nips under the ice. Dancers told me later in the night, they check coolers. The ATMs have a $200 maximum withdrawal and a $5 fee per transaction.

There is a hexagon island stage to your right as you enter. This was the only stage used until the club got very busy. There is an additional stage along the back wall with two poles. This stage was for practice and warming up early in the evening. Later in the evening, it was put into use. The back wall stage was also used for the amateur contest. The VIP rooms and dressing room are beyond the right wall of the main room. There were vending machines with sodas and energy drinks for those that don’t drink beer. The tables had basins in the middle to hold ice. If needed, a waitress could fill the basin with several buckets full of ice to keep your beer cold.

I counted twenty-nine different dancers. There might have been a few more that I didn’t see. I didn’t see any dancers that would rate an 8 or higher, but there were numerous 7’s and 7.5’s that were attractive enough to take to the back. There were plenty of dancers in the 3 to 6 range that were easy passes. There were a half dozen Cuban dancers working here who just sat amongst themselves and didn’t mix and mingle with the other dancers. They seemed to have a bad reputation amongst the homegrown entertainers and customers. Most dancers got completely nude on stage by their third song. Contact at the stage seemed to be nonexistent. Customers basically just threw their dollars onto the stage and hoped the dancers would come by and give a closer view. The music was very loud; it was difficult to talk to a dancer three feet away.