Ideas to reduce overcrowding

[JiveLad]

(Not regarding the Tube)...........but on dancefloors (eg. in the South of England).

One idea I floated on the m.e.b. was to announce free food about halfway through the evening..........it seems to really clear the floor when they do it at Cheshunt.

Any other ideas?

Moderator - please add to existing thread if appropriate - I could not find similar.

[Trousers]

stink bombs

[Double Trouble]

announce free food about halfway through the evening..........it seems to really clear the floor when they do it at Cheshunt.

Thats because all the pensioners at Cheshunt love a freebie. You would think they hadnt eaten for a week.

[ducasi]

paint-ball jive?

[Lee Bartholomew]

Have a lion in a cage. let it out randomly.

[under par]

After a lot of consideration and deep thought all I could come up with is
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don't sell so many tickets or let so many people in!!

[JiveLad]

After a lot of consideration and deep thought all I could come up with is
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don't sell so many tickets or let so many people in!!

Yeah - I suggested to Jilly at Berko that they put the prices up to effect that.........which would make sound economic/business sense (even if it did upset some of the customers). Who decides the entry prices - is it under central control (for Ceroc operators)?

[ducasi]

(Not regarding the Tube)...........but on dancefloors (eg. in the South of England).

Because we never get crowded dance floors, up here in the sticks...

[TheTramp]

One idea I floated on the m.e.b. was to announce free food about halfway through the evening..........it seems to really clear the floor when they do it at Cheshunt.

Any other ideas?

Shoot the people doing aerials?

[under par]

Yeah - I suggested to Jilly at Berko that they put the prices up to effect that.........which would make sound economic/business sense (even if it did upset some of the customers). Who decides the entry prices - is it under central control (for Ceroc operators)?

Without commenting on any particular event I must say that when it is really over crowded or not gender balanced then the organiser is giving substandard product to the punters, it becomes a more dangerous place to be...

Money should not be the only criteria on which to decide how many to admit.. there should be a safety and quality event criteria too.... I know all will shout about the real world of business ,..... but it doesn't mean I'm wrong.

[Paulthetrainer]

Ban really tall folks. They're the ones taking up all the room. And anyone who's got really long arms relative to their height. Gibbons for example. I've always been against them coming to Ceroc anyway. One comedy song from the 70's about them being funky and they think they really are

There. Thats that one sorted.

Next problem please.

[MartinHarper]

More space.
Fewer dancers.
Pick one.

[Andy McGregor]

Shoot the people doing aerials?

You'd expect them to die out in a generation. If they don't break their necks doing the moves they'll probably castrate themselves on a flying stilletto

[Andy McGregor]

Without commenting on any particular event I must say that when it is really over crowded or not gender balanced then the organiser is giving substandard product to the punters, it becomes a more dangerous place to be...

I was chatting with a woman who went to Ashtons Black Ball. I remember that night was absolutely packed on the dance floor. And there were loads of ladies over. Just think how busy it would have been on the dance floor if they'd let in the same number of people and balanced the sexes?

This proves that gender inbalance keeps the floor clearer. The answer, therefore is to have, as it says in the Beach Boys song, two girls for every boy

[Beowulf]

Give everyone backpacks with assorted weapons from pickaxes and baseball bats to machine guns and rocket launchers.

I call this idea "Jive Royale"

[Baruch]

You're all wrong. The easiest, most workable solution is to eat a hearty meal of curried sprouts, fried onions, cabbage and baked beans an hour before going dancing. Then you'll have as much room on the dance floor as you want!

[Barry Shnikov]

curried sprouts

Culinary genius! Always wondered what to do with them on 27 December...

[Rachel]

One idea I floated on the m.e.b. was to announce free food about halfway through the evening..........it seems to really clear the floor when they do it at Cheshunt.

Any other ideas?

Yep, coffee/tea/cookies ... I love it - it's always the best time to dance!!

Other ideas ... well, considering Berko - open the third room! Just think, we could have
1. main room
2. latin & tango
3. blues & swing
or
1. main room
2. latin & blues
3. swing & WCS

or ... whatever .... But a weekender feel every Sunday night!

Rachel

Or we could have the 3rd room set up with laptops so that people can be posting to the forum intead of actually dancing. Or put up a projector screen showing dance clips that people could sit and watch. Or have a Woodface baiting contest ... or ... shall I stop now??

[Trouble]

i think one of the best things we could do is eat the curried sprouts the day before, then wait for nature to take its course. Hopefully just about the right time of the dancing evening, you watch how quickly space becomes available to you on the dance floor (not that i personally ever ever do anything as disgusting as pass wind)..

[TheTramp]

Or have a Woodface baiting contest ...

It'd be stopped by the RSPCA!