TERB party?
I suppose that expectations govern how we come away from a party as hyped as the TERB affair. Apparently mine were way to high going in. I do appreciate the efforts put forth to organize the event. It was great o donate to a deserved charity, I did have the pleasure of meeting two other members, and given that I had nothing better to do on a Thursday evening, I had an OK time.
I arrived way too early, (I have no life)
When I walked in, other than a donation being collected at the door, there was absolutely no clue that this could have been an industry party. There was as mentioned, a woman’s pool tournament taking place on one side of the room, a second rate rock band playing regurgitated two and three chord songs with rifs borrowed freely from any number of classic hits from the past. (However, the band that played later was actually very good). So here sat all he men on one side of the room, drinking beer alone for the most part, and the girls playing pool on the other, it had the distinct feel of a seventh grade sock hop…
The venue was defiantly lacking from what I expected, a country western bar, with all the ambiance of a bowling alley, a plethora of biker types roaming around, and he best thing to look at being the sexy young bartenders in their push up tops and mini skirts. I saw no sign of SP’s, but then with no way to know if people were there for the TERB party, the pool tournament, or the regular Thursday night beer drinking, it was impossible to tell.
Francesca, I m sorry I missed you dear, but it sounds like you were similarly impressed.
I finally met up with two fellow terbites whom were great guys, PHnine and A 1 player. We spent an hour or so chatting, comparing terb review notes, and basically waiting for something to happen; i.e. SP’s walking around, or an MC to indicate that there was actually something going on that had something to do with TERB. Then it began, kind of... a relatively good band did some tight well expressed rock and roll. What followed was to me uninteresting, a somewhat lame BDSM demo advertising a business which to me had little to do with escorting or hobbying with sophisticated beautiful women. Admittedly, I am not the least interested in that type of thing, and found it distasteful. To each his own.
About that time I decided I would be better off bidding adieu, and one of my friends agreed, we left to salvage as best we could the evening.
Suggestions for improvement: I have been an event organizer for international trade shows and sporting events, so I think I can speak from experience, and perhaps help TERB do better, if that is, if there is a desire to upgrade the experience and make it a true industry party.
•Get the industry to actually participate; meaning agencies committing to donate time to attend with at least a few SP’s classily dressed with some identification.
•Hosts or preferably hostesses mingling with the attendees
•A dedicated venue,
most important, so everyone knows who is there and why
•Optional name tags for those seeking out fellow terbites.
•Appropriate entertainment for all, not a narrow segment
Maybe I was expecting too much, if so, my apologies, but call it like I see it.
