[Bg-dance] Candle tech

[Cindy Derrick]

Tim McDaniel wrote:
> 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.
>
Several years ago we did dance with goblets using tea candles. I 
personally experienced my candle being extinguished by my dance 
movement.They had to stage taper candles in the room to then light the 
hall from  the tea candles.
Isabella