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Did a short search and didn't really find much on it...
but anyway, Roo n00b here and have some questions about the Silent Disco. Is it free? Is it every night? Is it easy to get in? And it's by the ferris wheel right?
I'm for sure going to try and make it there atleast once, sounds really cool.
Post by CreativeUnderclass on Feb 12, 2008 8:42:52 GMT -5
Its free. It is every night and a good part(perhaps not all) of the day. It is close to the ferris wheel, if I recall. It can be easy to get in when it's dead, i.e. during the day or late late night, during peaks hours (6-3?) it can get crowded, wait ranging 5 minutes to an hour...
Post by GratefulHippie on Feb 12, 2008 9:35:14 GMT -5
haha...my festie buddy and i found the silent disco on thursday night in 06 while we were on quite a trip. it was SOOOOOOOOO cool. when you go in, dance and get busy, and then in the middle of a song, take off your headphones, and just stand there and watch people....its so trippy!!
"We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and his Uptown Five. "
Moe, I apologize if interpretively I am suggesting that they are dancing to nothing.
Contrary, I was highlighting the communicative challenges posed by this attraction. In order to communicate you have to put effort into the communication, take of the head phones and realize that no one else can hear your conversation because wel... they all (most) have music in their ears.
I have read post(s) where people took off the headphones and realized they were whispering for no reason. Truly representative of becoming aware of your surroundings and the need to obviate your communication strategy.
I find that a true invested effort in a communication tends to validate the persons communicative content. i.e. when YOU interview someone, you can sense when they are trying to get away from a subject or they wanna talk about something else by their physical reaction (body language i.e rolling eyes , slowed speech pattern-not exited about the subject) etc.
At the silent disco the Hard of hearing would have the upper hand in communicating because they depend on visual cuing as a tool of their methods in being able to decipher and or validate their understanding of a communication like body language, lip reading and or sign language.
Just saying that it is nice to see that the hearing challenged have a place at the roo' where they are for a lack of better words more positively situated than they would otherwise be in the world.