Take from this story what you will--


We used to play live Intl folkdance music every month in the auditorium of an old school turned into an alternative art center in a big city-we we located there because there had been two active, weekly dance groups in that neighborhood for many years, though both had declining attendance.

Our attendence ran between 20 and 40, which spiked higher a couple times when we touring performers as guests.

One day, we got booking for an Int'l dance thing in a suburban shopping mall--we almost didn't do it-but when we played, there were   a hundred thirty or more dancing--more than had even come to our monthly gig--

They were all people we knew, but who'd moved out to the burbs over the years, and never went into town anymore.