Sue --
I've called many (dozens and dozens) of gigs in hotels on short-pile
carpets. I really prefer it to grass; there's a lot less to trip over
and gopher holes are very rare. I also greatly prefer it to a too-small
assembled-from-wood-squares hotel dance floor, which usually covers
about 1/8 of the ballroom space available and which is dangerous because
it has edges.
For dance hobbyists, this would be completely unacceptable. Buzz-step
swings are difficult, there's a little torsion; it's a very slow floor,
and there's no spring. But for normal people in dress shoes it's fine.
(Okay, spike heels won't work, but they won't work on grass either, and
at least they won't sink into the floor here.) Walking swings are fine,
elbow swings are fine, waltzing at slower than Viennese speeds is fine,
and anything where you pick up your feet is fine. You can do gallops,
etc. That'd get wearing if you did it for three hours, but it's a
wedding reception, so you're going to get through two waltzes and three
set dances. Don't worry about it.
As too hints on crowded, I'm obliged by law to recommend the CDSS
booklet on crowded hall dances (because I'm a contributor).
-- Alan
On 4/24/2014 7:03 PM, Sue Robishaw wrote:
I've agreed to call a wedding reception dance this summer, outside on
more-or-less flattish ground. Having practically memorized all the wonderful
advise on the list about weddings and grass I'm comfortable with that. But if
the weather doesn't cooperate, the gig moves inside the Inn/Dining/Bar. Very
crowded, AND, I just found out, carpeted. Crowded I think I can handle (though
recommendations would be welcome), but carpeting -- eeackk. OK, so it's not
turning dances and maybe it's not much different from lumpy grass -- lots of
walking and no sashaying -- but if you've done it could you share what worked
best?
Thanks,
Sue R. - U.P. of Michigan
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