One can only hope none of the tricks you learned during Sex Week is applicable to Friday nights at Noche Mia on Grand Ave in Fair Haven. Twice a month for the past three months, Angelo Reyes, the club’s owner, has opened his doors to create a fun but safe party environment. Reyes invites clubgoers as young as 13 years old and no older than 19 to come dance in a substance-free atmosphere.

Parents drop off their children at the club and are expected to pick them up at midnight sharp. Bouncers guard the door and prevent any gangsters, drinkers, or smokers from joining the fun. Dancers are not even allowed to open the windows to interact with pedestrians on the street. In other words, the club-workers are just a bit more vigilant than our friends at Toad’s.

Reyes is motivated to throw these parties in an effort to provide supervised fun for teenagers that is absolutely devoid of violence, alcohol, or drugs. While his club actually loses money on each party, he continues to host the teenagers because the knowledge that he is providing them with safe fun is worth the deficit.

While Noche Mia might be a less illustrious night out than your typical start-in-your-suite-then-move-to-a-frat-and-somehow-end-up-at-Toad’s Saturday night, Yalies may soon have to start creating similar plans. New Haven Alderwoman Jackie James-Evans introduced an ordinance last week that would fine any club that had both a liquor license and underage attendees. If the ordinance passes, clubs like Toad’s that rely on profits gleaned from underage ticket prices will be facing serious financial crises, and new venues may be created that would cater to the under-21 crowd.

While the bill states that “the health and safety of the citizens of New Haven has been greatly diminished by tragic results including loss of property, loss of liberty, and loss of life of people under the age of 21 to whom the sale of alcoholic liquor is by law forbidden,” it is unclear that even events like Friday nights at Noche Mia could curtail such incidents of drunken violence.

After all, as one blogger on notes on the New Haven Independent website, the danger is that kids will be riled up after a night of (even clean) dancing, and disabling teenagers from being around alcohol may not actually stop the problem.