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that she is somewhere in the back of the club both hearing and telling all. That’s just about everyone you’ll find in the average strip joint except for the dancers themselves, and they get their own chapter, next.

Chapter 2. Girls, Girls, Girls
Don’t laugh; your daughter might be working here.
 

- S IGN POSTED OUTSIDE A STRIP CLUB IN S OUTH D AKOTA.

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    This brings us to the entertainers. The exotic dancers you will find in gentlemen’s clubs come in two basic forms, House Dancers and Feature Entertainers. House dancers are the workaday, 9–5 girls. They normally live somewhere nearby the club; are well known to the staff, other entertainers and the customers. They have regulars that they depend on seeing as often as possible, and consider this club to be their home base.

HOUSE DANCERS
    A house dancer  is paying “hard” fees to the club for the right to work there (a subject I will cover in detail in another section.) Additionally, they are paying “soft” fees in the form of regular tip percentages to the in-house staff. These dancers are usually obligated to somewhat theoretical performance schedules dictating what shifts they will work at the club. They appear on stage at regular intervals during the shift as required by management and under the supervision of the club DJ.

FEATURE ENTERTAINERS
    Headline dancers brought in by the club for specific events are known as feature entertainers . They are contracted through adult talent agencies like the Continental Agency, the Lee Network, A-List Features, and Pure Talent Agency, amongst others. The purpose of a feature entertainer’s show is usually to drive business during down times, pull customers from the competition on one of their high traffic days or act as the centerpiece of some kind of event like a grand opening, anniversary or holiday party.
     
    Generally, features fall into one of four categories:
     
     
Porn Stars
Show Girls
Freak Shows
Celebrities
     

PORN STARS
    The most common form of feature act these days are porn stars . While some of these girls possess true name recognition and a built in draw, the fact that they are in porn does not actually mean that they can pack the house. In fact, the absolute glut of starlets out there and the production values inherent in today’s gonzo  porn industry tends to insure that quite a few of the girls working the feature circuit as porn stars are mostly unknown.
     
    Worse still, most porn starlet features apparently couldn’t dance worth a shit if their lives depended on it, seemingly lack any ability or desire to put on a decent show or even bother to stay sober during their appearance. That leaves you, the customer, paying heavily inflated prices at the door and bar to see some girl you’ve never heard of roll around on stage like a clumsy wreck in a cheap, one-size-fits-all costume that was clearly purchased online.
     
    At one time in the club industry, feature entertainers had played a vital role, bringing new costumes, dance routines, games and a level of excitement that would be hard to maintain with just the on-hand, in-house dancers. They also provided a central focus for marketing and promotions in the club, essentially giving the club a new story to tell its customers with each new feature event. As a bonus, a skilled feature dancer often had the ability to inspire the resident house girls to up their game in terms of appearance, costumes and stage performances.
     
    The current domination of low-grade porn star features has made an end to all that, however. The lack of reliability, poor show date performances, unrealistically high appearance fees and low customer turnout associated with porn stars has nearly killed the entire feature segment of the adult club industry. Club owners and managers all over the country have practically opted out of the feature game, tired of all the hassle, expense and low returns, almost exclusively due to the primacy of the porn star