A Sense of Community

I am very blessed to be a part of a Good Dance Community.
It's not without it's problems or it's hiccups, but on the whole it is a good and healthy community.

We've grown quite a bit in the last five years and it seems to want to continue to grow.
We are a pretty healthy dance community, the area instructors get along and are good about referring people back and forth to help get their needs met, we share information about gigs, shows and the occasional problems.  We give good and honest critiques and listen when they are given.

Fellow dancers are always willing to pin a costume, pass the eyelash glue and give one another a shot in the arm, pat on the back and even hugs when needed.
We welcome dancers from far and wide and make a point to try to extend them the same courtesy as we do to the "usual suspects"

Now, please note, I am not saying that we don't have our drama, our Diva's, snarkiness or any other kind of bad experience.  They do happen, but to me it seems few and far between, and they don't seem to last long.

I hear stories from many other dancers that I talk to, so many have complaints about under cutting, hijacked gigs and pretty vicious gossip and back-stabbing.

It seems to me that our little community is an odd one.
I could wish that other communities could take a lesson from us.
What we do is not that difficult.
It seems that the old saying "Treat others as you would like to be treated." is taken to heart and we act on that.

I will say, again and again.  I am blessed