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Maybe look in to Devil's Point (rock n roll), or Dancin' Bare (home of one of the best signs ever but definitely blue collar). Not too sure of how dive-y those are, or how good for dancers.
Classic Portland would be Acropolis or Mary's. Though Acropolis is kind of out there in southeast and Mary's is in downtown. Blazer works at Mary's, at least, she used to.
I know Union Jacks is supposed to be really cool. I'm not exactly up to date on the clubs in Portland, but thought I would add those. Someone on here probably know much much more.
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When I started pole, roughly 6-7 years ago, I never thought I would perform/compete. I just wanted to take a dance class in an environment where I wouldn't be put on the spot for having absolutely zero dance technique. As a result, for the first couple of years, I really enjoyed free dancing at the end of class with the other students, but never wanted to do a recital. My pole journey purely about me and my attempts to define my movement quality and learn how to express myself through my body and its movement. It wasn't until about two years ago that I performed pole for an audience. I loved it! Thought it was very stressful for me to choreograph, etc. I found through aerial that I really enjoyed performance and that spilled over into pole. I have submitted video for a couple of competitions, but I have not gotten in to any. I think I enjoy performing more than I would enjoy competing. Though I am a very competitive person generally.
Pole is what you make it. If you never want to compete, then 'never' is a valid answer to the question 'when are you going to compete?'. 🙂 Same for performance. By all means, if you want to do either, you should! There are lots of opportunities to compete at many levels, so pursue it for sure if you want to! I don't think you need to wait on anything if you feel safe and you find a competition that meets your needs.
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I can do that, thank you!
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Yep I do have the 40. And I did not really explain my situation very well. It does not matter to me whether the cover drops to the base, what I had meant to write was that it doesn't drop to the bearing unit. In fact, it doesn't move at all. I can't move the adjuster cover in pretty much any direction, up or down. It has scratched up the pole a little bit, and because it doesn't go up and down, it does affect the set up because I can only adjust the pole to where it's currently stuck. Instead of moving the adjuster cover up and screwing it onto the bottom of A pole, I have to screw A pole into the adjuster cover. Because of this, there is less wiggle room with adjusting the pole and setting up.
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Dang, no dice. 🙁 I am not sure what the deal is with my pole.
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Thanks Chem! I tried looking through the forums, but I was using my phone and not making much headway. 🙂
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Just wondering, as I have had a question about the adjuster cover as well, though a little different, has anyone had trouble with the adjuster cover getting stuck up? I can unscrew mine from the A-pole, but it will not drop down to the base. I have contacted x-pole and am waiting to hear back, but I thought I would check with you ladies. 🙂
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I love both static and spin, though I gravitate towards spin pole generally and the few times I have performed, it was always on spinning pole. They are two different beasts, both being a good workout. As always, you get out what you put in. And they do complement each other training-wise very well. For example, being able to invert on a spinning pole makes inverting on static feel better. At least, that was my experience. I also found that spinning pole brings more creativity to my transitions than static. But that is my personal experience. As a poler, I am so so so happy that poles come in both spin and static!
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Chem, not sure about the pests but tonight on my way home I saw a bunny hopping across the road, so there’s that. Not too sure about deer, I guess I shall see!
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Chem, not sure about the pests but tonight on my way home I saw a bunny hopping across the road, so there’s that. Not too sure about deer, I guess I shall see!
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Ladies thanks so much for the advice! I am only renting, so I will probably keep with what they have, but believe me, it will keep me busy.
Haha buying and killing plants. That’s definitely been my MO.
Mostly it’s figuring out watering and how to care for the perennials year round. I do not have much experience but am kind of excited to learn. Community classes sound like an awesome idea.
And PDR, I love your passion for gardening! My mother and grandmother are pretty avid gardeners. I should definitely pick their brains a bit more, as well. Though my mom’s focus on gardening is a lot more with edibles. And you touched on one of my passions, rhubarb! I seriously had rhubarb withdrawals when I lived in Hawaii. Almost paralyzing.
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Cool, thanks for the info! ooo I forgot about daffodils! I love those! There are a ton of rose bushes in my yard. Probably around 15 bushes, in varying states of establishment. I think the renters prior to me were not much for yard work. I noticed that a lot of the plants don't appear to have been taken care of to ensure blooming, etc. I even have a cherry, peach, apple, and pear trees! I really want to get some fruits from these if I can!
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I can't even imagine. This is so heart-rending. 🙁
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That Shimmy video is awesome! I love that she posted that. While I have only performed pole a couple of times, I have performed trapeze and silks many times, and every performance is different. There's always something. Sometimes the apparatus gets stuck in the rig and you have to switch sides of the stage and re-rig in a heart beat, or the musicians don't wait for you, or they misread your cues and cut your piece really short. Sometimes the sound system doesn't work, multiple times in a row. Sometimes I am just not on my game and do something stupid that looks really really bad. I loved getting a chance for each and every performance. I think you're performance was probably just fine 🙂 Especially if the only thing that went wrong was the very end. I have noticed that when things go wrong for me in performance, they usually aren't the tough things I have been rehearsing to death. They are usually the easy things that I don't spend time focusing on, because its so easy I don't ever think it will be a problem.
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I know! They are kind of crazy looking. I think someone commented on the one you posted from discount dance that when they saw it they could only think of a wood chipper. Terrifying.