Hello my Tribe friends;

I don't want to get spanked by Wendy for spam :-) , but I hope that if this subject line caught your eye, you'll visit the EVENTS tab on this tribe. I'm posting something pretty special there that has to do with Indian Fusion.

It's been a while since I've logged on and I notice with mixed feelings that Tribe gets visited less and less by fewer and fewer dancers. The conversations and threads remain really valuable to me, though, so I hope we can continue to use it. Over on the Teachers' page there is discussion of moving this type of forum to Facebook or elsewhere. Personally, I like the thread-style clarity and focus of Tribe, but I find it tedious to share and publicize the happenings connected to my studio/ troupe/ classes, because of the specificity of the Events Tab and the fact that almost no-one looks or posts there anymore. I do not want to violate our no-spam agreements either. However, there are lots of women on Tribe who are not my FB friends and I do want to reach out to them. Even though they are commercial, aren't workshops and events the place where we often meet in person & form lasting friendships ?

I would LIKE to believe that, as a dancer and teacher, I'm committed enough that I will gladly spend extra time to visit a site (Tribe) just for serious discussion about technique and all things ATS, but the truth is I want to streamline and minimize computer time. It is just plain true as long as we need social media to help us with our work, we will gravitate to a format where it is easier / permitted to "advertise" our offerings alongside our discussions.

So, that was my sneaky way of both alerting you to that thing over on Events (which has to do with Indian Fusion.....) and to ask what you all, & Wendy dear Moderator, think about the waning use of Tribe and especially the Events tab.

Love to all
Katie