From: Tina Tawdre (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 23:44:54 CDT
>>3. Is there an organized dancing night? If so, when and where?
>Two of them. Right after the Welcome Celebration over at SRO and Friday
>at Gipsy (and maybe others). See the final schedule.
Gipsy is the #1 gay dance club in Las Vegas. We've been dancing at
Gipsy on Friday nights at DLV for several years now and we always have a
great time.
We have traditionally started the dance part of the night at Gipsy (a
mixed, but predominantly gay dance club in the Triangle area). Tends to
have a few more straight tourists (usually very hip, they don't put up
with obvious gawkers) before midnight, very gay after midnight. Crowd
is all ages (20s to 50s, younger later). We never have any trouble
there and are always treated very well. This has also been my
experience on the several occasions I've been there alone or in
couples outside of DLV season.
While there are other gay clubs within a few hundred yards to migrate to
that also have dancing, most girls have such a good time that they never
leave Gipsy. The music there is always great. Each year our group at
Gipsy gets bigger. I expect that 2003 will draw our biggest DLV group
yet at Gipsy on Friday. But you do have to get out there on the floor
and dance.
Gipsy doesn't attract tranny chasers, so unless you bring your own date
or SO, you have to fly solo; but, there is always a fairly large cluster
of semi-disconnected solo DLV dance divas on the floor at any time, so
you won't really be alone. Besides, there will also be up to a few
hundred other people squeezing onto that dance floor with you.
Gipsy is VERY popular on the weekends.
I'm listed as the sponsor of this activity, but that's a pretty easy
job. Basically around 11 PM, which is usually when our Annual Mixer at
Goodtimes starts to wind down, I just circulate around and remind people
that everyone is welcome to come dancing at Gipsy.
There's no preparation or sign up, just show up and dance. It's only
about 15 minutes away by car. Car pooling is encouraged, because
parking is scarce around the Triangle area. You car will be perfectly
safe left in the big lot at Goodtimes. Gipsy does have valet parking,
but it can fill up on Friday night and Saturday night. They usually
charge a $5 cover charge. Don't park in any nearby strip shopping
center parking lots that have No Parking signs displayed (they're
typically very tiny and hard to spot). They have a racket of towing off
your car and you have to pay the tow company $200 to get it back. This
happened to me a few years ago.
Gipsy is fairly large (big dance floor), but they have very limited
seating. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes that you wouldn't mind
standing/dancing in all night. We always try to arrive before 11:30 to
be sure to get at least one table. In years past that was always early
enough. Last year, fortunately, some DLV girls went earlier and got a
table, because when I arrived at 11:30 the place was literally packed.
I had never seen it that crowded that early on a Friday night, although
it's always wall-to-wall by 1 AM. (They usually stay open until 4 or 5
AM on weekends.)
You may see references on the Web or in the paper to Gipsy II. Gipsy
has steadily remodeled itself inside and out over the last 2 years and
there was some attempt to use the II to emphasize that. Their current
Web site http://www.gipsylv.com still says plain old Gipsy. Further
info about Gipsy at:
http://lasvegas.citysearch.com/review/7025543/editorial/?cslink=cs_profile_standalone_review
See you there,
-- Tina
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