Almost two months ago many teenagers of the Market Harborough population were gutted to find out their favourite nightclub had suddenly closed its doors – for what seemed like – for good.

But Will It Be Back?

It was around the 9th August when Enigma under 18s Night was cancelled.

Many of you RSS students out there might have shown up on the Wednesday after, prepared for a night of dancing and chilling with your friends, only to find the doors firmly shut. Ever since, rumours have circulated around the teenage population about why the choice was made to close such a popular hotspot. So when the RSS online magazine was re-launched, and us reporters were given free reign to write about whatever we wanted, this reporter immediately knew what her first article would be about.

So, right away, yours truly arranged an interview with the guy in charge of the Enigma nights – Marcus. Armed with two friends on a Saturday afternoon, we made our way down to Enigma (18 Coventry Rd), grabbed ourselves a couple of lemonades, collapsed into those wickedly comfy chairs and got down to business.
The most popular rumour being spread was that there just weren’t enough people attending during the summer holidays, because most were on vacation.
‘That wasn’t the main reason,’ Marcus told us, ‘although it’s true it was being poorly attended. The best turnout we’ve had before is probably around about 350 kids in one night… during the summer we had a crowd of 86.”
Another more hazy rumour had been about kids telling their parents they were going to Enigma, and then going off elsewhere. Marcus confirmed this for us, ‘One Wednesday night, I happened to walk past the memorial gardens [near Tesco] and I must’ve seen about 70 kids there, most of which were drinking.’
Marcus told us his main concern was that minors were getting dressed up, obviously telling their parents they were going Enigma, taking the money and spending it on Cider.
‘Parents aren’t stupid.’ he told us, (I bit my tongue, deciding against challenging this remark). ‘They know if their kid’s been out drinking and they catch on to Enigma being used as an excuse. I realise it’s only the minority of young people, but I just didn’t want that on my hands’.

There was only one more thing that I needed to know. Will there be Under 18s nights for Christmas?
‘Definitely!’ was the answer I received. There will be two U18s nights for Christmas, but these will be Enigma’s last chance to make a comeback. ‘They’ll be the litmus test,’ we were told. ‘If we don’t get good results for them, we’ll have no choice but to cancel completely.’

So write these dates in your book December 20th (Christmas theme) and December 27th (New Years Party).
They’ll be prizes for the most festively dressed boy and girl, and these prizes are going to be along the lines of an iPod, an mp3 or some other gadget. Yours truly, and my two helpers, will be – if given permission – putting up some posters around the school advertising the nights very soon. So if you’re all for an Enigma comeback, keep your eyes and ears open.

Be there or be square!

Reported by Laura Brown
Researched by Laura B, Bryony Ball and Chelsey Johnson.

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