[Bg-dance] Candle tech

[Tim McDaniel]

Candle tech mentioned at dance:

- real candles, unshielded or thru the bottom of a cup as in previous
   years
   Pro:
   = real flame
   Con:
   = real flame + slick floor + darkness + reaching towards sides to
     form a line + going under arches formed by other people +
     two-handed turns in fewer than 8 beats.  Le Bal des Ardents was
     period but doesn't fit the Spanish theme.[1]

- electric candles
   Pro:
   = it would take a really bizarre accident to set someone on fire
   = modern ones have nice flickering, so we're told
   Con:
   = electric.  I've not seen them, but when they're the only light in
     the hall or seen next to real candles, I don't expect them to look
     great.

I don't recall whether anyone mentioned other possibilities.  When we
did the fancy-pants Italian(?)  one a few years ago, what did we hold
then?  I have a vague memory of goblets or globes.  Would goblets be
doable?

Dannet Lincoln

[1] Wikipedia says "Bal des Ardents" means "Burning Men's Ball".
So Burning Man is period!  Except the period one had four dead,
several injured.

-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com