Re: Dress Code for everyone at a Swing Convention for a specific time frame - Thoughts?

Tom Tom scribed:

Just wanting your opinion on a Swing Dance Convention having a required
Dress Code for everyone in the Ballroom during certain hours.

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Requirements for Dressing to Impress:

When - Friday & Saturday Evenings from 7:00 p.m. - Midnight.

Men - Dress Slacks or Dress Pants. Coat & Tie not required. Shirts with
Collars (Polo & Dress). NO Jeans, NO Tennis Shoes, NO T-shirts

Ladies - Dresses, Skirts, Dance Pants acceptable. No Jeans.
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I'm in favor of elevating the dress standards for night time wear.

I don't think my dress code would be as strict as what you have suggested.
I'm focused on the requirement for dress slacks and no jeans. The same
goes for women wearing jeans. Jeans, other than those intentionally made
to look worn or are torn, etc., to me, are not acceptable for 'dress up.'
By the same token, designer jeans are generally acceptable as dress-up.

I don't wear jeans, but I do wear Dockers that I think are perfectly
acceptable attire in most environs, including the office work place. I
would not go to an event that forced me to wear dress slacks instead of
something that's otherwise 'traditionally' passable in the office
environment.

Thoughts of an event administering a Dress Code for everyone in attendance?

All or none. We're talking about administering a dress code, not an
announcement that one night (or both) is a dress-to-impress night. A
mandate.

Would your opinion differ if the Dress Code was for 1 evening instead of
both evenings?

Yes. It may be mild, but to me packing to travel to an event would become
just that much more burdensome if I had to pack two 'outfits' instead of
one.

Would your opinion differ if the Dress Code was communicated
prior to any Tickets being sold or not?

If I were against imposed dress standards, I think I'd have a tendency to
become upset if the rules were announced after the fact.

Thanks, in advance, for your opinions.

At the same time I think elevating the dress standards would elevate the
evening, I'm concerned about those good folks who spend every last dime
they can muster just to attend the event. These people can't necessarily
afford to dress up. Their worn jeans and T-shirts aren't worn because
they're cool. That's all they own. How do we account for their situation?
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Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)
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