Where do you get your freak on? - Clubs or dancehall, what's your choice? CLUBS OR sessions, which is the best place to get your party on? The Gleaner sought to put some clarity on the issue of which of the night spots is the hottest or simply, where do patrons prefer to get down and get their "freak on". So, the party animals were rounded up and asked what they preferred partying in the street under the night sky, on the beach at a Fully Loaded or Over Loaded concert, or just chillin' in the electrifying atmosphere of a club like the Asylum or Club 2000. A stout advocate of the "club fraternity", Ministry of Health employee Nadia Campbell, 23, said she prefers clubs because: "In a club the dress code is much better and there is less outrageous, rebellious and vulgar behaviour. There is less ganja smoking and no gun-firing as what you would see at a dance." However, 'Rex' who hails from a well known garrison community, is a die-hard fan of the dancehall in the open atmosphere. He claims that "the club scene is too restricted fi me, mi love express myself. Man affi give salute when it due and you caan do that in a club for top man nuh bus' blank." Loves going Twenty-four-year-old Shelly says she loves going to clubs, but prefers to go to sessions or dances. "It is more open with family and friends," she explains. "In a club it is too clustered and yuh caan bounce any an' anybody cause it will cause argument." Fifteen-year-old Kerresha Brown cited safety as being her main reason for preferring to "get loose" at a club. "Certain things that happen in a dance cannot happen in a club. For example, the security at the club ensures that no weapons enter the club, but at a dance people can enter with guns easily," she pointed out. Camille Linton, 28, from the Drewsland community, said she doesn't really go to clubs but she enjoys going to dances because, "Mi love hear di wine up wine up music dem and wine up miself, and in the clubs are too crowded." More live
entertainment The open atmosphere was also a factor as stated by 18-year-old Merika Cooke from Meadowbrook. "The vibes that are created outside cannot be recaptured inside a club. The smoking doesn't affect me that much. There is much more live entertainment and the competitiveness between sound systems is not found in a club." "Sophisticated fun" was cited as the reason for opting to 'boogie down' at a club rather than at a dance/session by another young wo-man. An interesting point was given by another member of the 'club fraternity'. "There are certain songs that are known as club tunes, and they have a different impact when they are being played inside the electrifying atmosphere of a club compared to being played at a dance/session. One such song is Fiesta by R. Kelly". Some patrons said that the disco lights inside the clubs have an unbearable effect on their eyes, while others say it's just the right device to help them get their groove on. 18-year-old Samantha Hibbert from Portmore, said even though she prefers going to clubs because the security measures that are implemented make her feel much safer, there is not that much difference between the two types of venues. "People enjoy themselves wherever they go to party, be it at a club or at a dance/session," she explained.
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