bang4buck
Super Member
Basement sounds good to me. With enough advance notice and some signage, I'm sure we could drum up more interest. It'll never be as attractive as browsing and shooting the breeze in the main area but that's fine. As long as we have food and drink down there, there could be a steady trickle of listeners. Come to the dark side, we have chili.
I arrived late but I suppose setting up in the hall must have been a bit of a free-for-all. A basement listening area would require more planning in advance. For example, say there is space/lighting/power to set up four systems, we'd get firm commitments from four "exhibitors," tell them how much floor space they get, and then have one system going at a time and switch to the next one after 15 minutes or so.
And give the exhibitors some visibility for advertising flyers upstairs, like "I have such and such for sale, find me at demo system A in the basement," so they're not shut out of the selling action.
I live close enough that I could show up one night during the week before to help clear and clean. My wife and I have been meaning to check out the Strand theater around the corner, anyway.
I arrived late but I suppose setting up in the hall must have been a bit of a free-for-all. A basement listening area would require more planning in advance. For example, say there is space/lighting/power to set up four systems, we'd get firm commitments from four "exhibitors," tell them how much floor space they get, and then have one system going at a time and switch to the next one after 15 minutes or so.
And give the exhibitors some visibility for advertising flyers upstairs, like "I have such and such for sale, find me at demo system A in the basement," so they're not shut out of the selling action.
I live close enough that I could show up one night during the week before to help clear and clean. My wife and I have been meaning to check out the Strand theater around the corner, anyway.