Here's a bigger survey that was done in the Portland, Oregon area a couple of years ago. There were, I recall, almost four hundred responses. It's titled, "Why I Quit Tango":
http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=jgRE23jZaqJkQXe_2fRgco1GgAZSrPouqVp_2b1F2ZxnZVk_3d (If the link doesn't work, go to Google and put in the words, Why I Quit Tango and Clay Nelson. That should get you there.) "Elitism" was the number one reason people drop out. That didn't surprise me a bit. The real "surprise" was that so many people in the tango community were surprised to hear this. I suspect awareness of the problem and responsibility for the problem are inversely proportional. And, I suspect that the survey results would be applicable for other communities outside the Pacific Northwest. Many of the other reasons people quit were related to this big one. Enjoy. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
