Thanks for all the comments! I'm no longer worried about the carpet. It now
sounds better than the lumps, trees, and mosquitoes outside. I'm counting on
having fun either way.Cheers, Sue R.
I've had good luck building cardboard floors on grass. Get a dozen dancers
there two hours early with as many cardboard boxes as they can bring; I
show up with a couple of rools of duct tape; we have a great work party
putting the jigsaw puzzle of cardboard together, and the floor lasts all
weeke
I, too, have called lots of gigs where there are carpeted floors. Low
pile is by far the most common in business places. And, for an ONS, no
problem -- as mentioned -- better than a small wood dance space with an
edge going onto the regretfully carpeted area of what used to be a grand
old ballr
- but still not as bad as you think)
Mac
From: Sue Robishaw
To: Shared Weight Callers List
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:03 PM
Subject: [Callers] ONS on Carpet
I've agreed to call a wedding reception dance this summer, outside on
more-or-les
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
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
