New dance club gives young people something to do
Dancing, pool and karaoke oh my. Logan has a new club with all this to offer and more.
Skyline, located at 339 N. 50 West, opened at the beginning of August. After five months of remodeling, the club has three rooms with different themes and activities.
The front room, with a Hawaiian theme, has tables and couches for socializing, a stage for karaoke and a big screen on which Monday night football and other big athletic events will be shown.
There is a kitchen with snacks available, free pool tables to use and two wooden dance floors with different types of music playing.
The inspiration for the new dance club came from “growing up in Logan and going to Utah State University and rarely having anything to do besides going to the movies,” said Bryan Jenson, co-owner and USU alumni.
“There was a definite need for a good dance club in Logan,” he said.
Lloyd Jenson, Bryan’s father and co-owner of the club, describes Skyline as a place where students can come hang out and just socialize.
“You can dance or you can sit in the other room and visit. You can still hear the music, but it’s not so loud that you can’t visit,” Lloyd said.
“We have an incredible sound system and the walls were engineered to be as sound proof as possible,” Bryan said.
One of the club’s DJ’s, DeMario Franklin, a senior from Pasadena, Calif., known at the club as “Danger Zone,” calls the new hang-out “a different club every night.”
Tuesday has Swing/Big Band music on the main floor and Top 40/Retro on the back floor. Wednesday is ladies night. Ladies get in free from 9 to 10 p.m. with Top 40/Hip Hop and Latin. Thursday has country music and Top 40. Friday is college night with Top 40/Hip Hop and Club/Techno. Saturday is Latin night with music for the Salsa, Merengue, Banda, Quebradita and more.
Franklin urges students not to be intimidated if they don’t know many dance steps because dance instructors are available on both floors for the first hour on swing and Latin nights.
Another unique feature of the dance floor, said Franklin, is a screen that shows the crowd dancing and also plays music videos.
“I go off the crowd and see how the crowd is feeling and what they want,” Franklin said.
The father-son team, both USU alumni, wanted to not only give the young people a number of things to do but give the club a new look and feel. Different skylines are painted on the dance-room walls and were done by “friends who had more talent than we did,” Lloyd said.
One of these friends, Rosie Erni from Amalga, loved the challenge of painting murals and working with neon and black light.
“It was a fun challenge,” Erni said.
Erni worked sporadically for three months on the city, forest and mountain murals found on the main dance floor. Erni – who received a degree in illustration from USU – was amazed to see the change in the club as the painting and remodeling was finished.
“It’s fun to see how [the club] changed from before and they did it all from scratch,” Erni said.
Adding to the comforts of the club are lotion, hair spray and curling irons free for use in the women’s restroom for those who want to stay looking their best.
“I don’t know how much they get used because I’m not in here much, but I assume they do,” Bryan said.
The club is happy with the success it’s experienced thus far.
“Karaoke’s been a really big thing. Everyone likes to go up there and crack a few notes,” Franklin said.
“The young people have really enjoyed it. It’s just busy all the time,” Lloyd said.
Skyline is open from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for ages 18 and up. Gang attire, drugs, alcohol and nicotine are not permitted. The cover charge is $5 or $4 with a student I.D. card for all activities inside.