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Hi! I’m getting funds transferred and it takes 3-5 days. In the meantime I’ve been invoiced monthly again. Do you want to cancel that payment or re-invioce me for $59?

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Thank you for the heads up!
It was in my spam. I changed my email settings. I’ll get that paid asap , might just take take a day or two.

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Thank you

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To be clear, I’d like to upgrade to a yearly subscription

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Holy crud! Why have I been paying monthly for the last seven years?
I could just about strangle myself. How can I change my subscription?

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I am a 40 year old studio owner who just gave birth to my first child in November. I poled throughout my pregnancy up until 2 days before I was induced ( because of high blood pressure, age. And gestational diabetes.)

I am convinced that FOR ME keeping active was the best thing I could have done. I know by blood testing that teaching a class lowered my blood sugar and pressure SIGNIFICANTLY. I scaled things back but I was still doing handstands and inversions (with a spotter for safety) till 37 weeks.
My baby and I are both fine!

I know a lot of people are concerned with inversions while pregnant. The one thing that I felt (for myself) was unsafe was anything on the spinning pole. I would still do spins on my static pole, however,(for me) I was uncomfortable with the lateral forces subjected to my body with a spinning pole.

Again, I think you need to do your own research and listen to your body. We’re I to do it again, I would have stopped one handed spins around the second trimester. Because of the relaxin in my system my shoulders did not hold up too well with what I was asking of them.

Good luck!

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I would suggest a minimum of 6 feet. That’s what they were supposed to be at my studio but my contractor can’t measure

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I'm a Diva Cup fan myself.

In case you are interested, there's a lady on youtube who is very pro-cup and has several videos including product comparison, how it works, and about five billion folding techniques.

Here's one of her videos and from there you can get to the rest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6L-POE-b0

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I bill vision insurance as part of my day job (I'm an optician).

Billing insurance in and of itself isn't difficult. In fact when I get burnt out on other aspects of my job sometimes I prefer the billing. Each insurance company is different  and have their own peculiarities, but once you've sent in a few claims and got a feel for them, it's pretty much routine from there.

Hope this helps!

 

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While Brass-o is best, it stinks like heck so in a pinch I use soft scrub on the poles in my studio.

 

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First off: Charley, you have done an  amazing job coordinating the showcases. I know you must have paid a ton of your own money to put on the first two and I, personally, didn't feel that a modest entry fee was amiss at all! (Especially when you took the time to explain why you were charging the fee ie to pay for MC and DJ which most people assume is free). I also know that you have spent a considerable time managing the "drama" aspect and soothing nerves and so forth.

As for people who object to paying a participation fee to showcases, I would like to make an analogy: showcases are basically recitals. Those of you who have participated in recitals in the distant or not-so-distant past know that they are NOT free. Dancers usually have to pay a participation fee which, in my experience, ranges from $10/person to $100/ person. In addition to that, the audience usually has to pay a entrance fee  which I've seen range from $5/person to $30/person. That money was necessary just to cover the COST of putting on the show.

Back in the day when I did recitals we all understood even at an early age that recitals did not just spring forth from nowhere and that there was a great deal of planning and effort involved. In fact, if we were caught grumbling in front of the wrong person about the price, we were often sat down and explained exactly WHY the fees existed.

Maybe the people who object to participation fees have never been in recitals, or just never have given much thought as to why there need to be some fees involved.

My bet is that if every showcase organizer was given half of minimum wage for every hour they spent planning/assisting/organizing/counseling particpants/easing fears/answering questions for every showcase, simply put no one would be able to afford to participate.

Showcases, in addition to competitions, have a very real place in our pole community for the reasons stated in others' posts. It would be a shame if they were to just 'go away' because no one could afford to host them because we all expected them to be free.

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I would make sure you have the clearance for the X Stage. With everything assembled, the pole will go up to almost 12 feet. Of course you can cut the pole down but who wants to do that?

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The people complaining are just jealous because you look fantastic! I don’t know what it is about pole dancing that encourages people to share every small minded opinion. If the pole wasn’t there I bet they wouldn’t have said a thing!

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me too
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Try some Dance Paws.
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