KevinSchaper wrote:Lawrence wrote:
(We have close to 400 registrants and 300 paid and confirmed, so there will be significant spill-over into these rooms)
Are you expecting people to end up in those rooms because they prefer the music, or just because there's no room in the main ballroom?
I suppose you've already considered it, but it might not hurt to have a couple of 100ft xlr's on hand just incase you find out that 350 people are trying to squeeze into the main room and there's 25 in each of the side rooms and maybe it'd be better to pipe the band into a second room..
Last year, people went to the special rooms because they wanted to be there. 25 people in each side room adds up to 50 people. Those 50 people will be happy blues dancing or whatever it is they do. Add the other lounge areas, casino rooms, etc..., yet another 25 - 30 people are not taking space in the main ballroom. The Fed is a mansion, so the idea is to use the whole mansion, not just the ballroom.
We also don't want to clear out the main ballroom, it will be the center of activity. We are just giving people an incentive to spend some time in other rooms. The fact that we are able to showcase more music styles/DJs, the better.
In my opinion, if we just piped in the band, nobody would want to dance in the side room. They would still favor the crowded, but lively main ballroom. But, we have never tried that in the past.