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Subject: UK Flair
From: Gidwick
Posted: Thu Apr 21. 2005, 14:32 UTC
Followup to: "UK Flairing"  by Gareth Crandon  (Thu Apr 21. 2005, 12:18 UTC)
> Hi there people.
> 
> This is my first visit to the site and I've onlt recently started 
> flairing. The thing I've found is that no-one knows about flairing in 
> the UK!!
> 
> I'm looking for DVD's so I can learn some neat tricks but when I go 
> to any shops here in England (even the big megastores) and ask if 
> they've got any DVDs teaching flair they either look at me like I've 
> just escaped from a mental asylum or they show me DVDs with Ric Flair 
> from the WWE!!!
> 
> I know I can get them from the USA but the cost of them along with 
> shipping comes to between £30 and £50 for 1 DVD!!!

Believe me, there are plenty of people that know about flair in the UK, being 
new you just dont know where to look yet.

Flair in most bars is frowned upon by the managers because they just see it as 
a unenecesary risk, who the hell wants bartenders throwing full bottles of 
vodka around.  Flair is far more than that, its about speed, flow, customers 
service etc, the throwing bottle bit is an addition and should only be 
performed by  the experienced tender!

As for the Dvd's you wont find them in any high street store, you have to 
remember that flair is a very specialised market and it wouldnt be worth the 
big boys keeping them in stock as they wouldnt sell enough to warrant it.

On the same note, the price for these dvds are so high because of the 
specialised  market of the subject the run lengths are a lot shorter thus 
pushing the production costs higher.

As for buying them, check out the barstore shop link through this site which 
is here:

http://www.barstore.com/affiliatestore/index.html?mid=http://www.webtender.com

also check out the flair links index which you will find here:

http://www.webtender.com/index/Bartending/Flair/

If you are still stuck then check out my site, the link is at the the bottom 
of this post in my signature!  also check out my forum for some useful info 
and topics related to flair.

Also I notice you are based in Surrey why dont you get a tube and peg it over 
to The Roadhouse in convent Garden this Sunday and watch some flairing from 
some of the best around. We are also having a bit of a gathering on saturday 
where we can all have a bit of a flair day!

Cheers

Russ

-- 
Wanna-be trick monkey in the making,then visit..
http://www.theflairschool.com


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