It's a great idea to have a little demo area in a booth. But we have to deal with other issues in our booth - the first is that Jay uses a wheelchair - it takes 5 ft for him to make a turn. So we have to set up a booth based on the wheelchair,. We don't want to block aisles and intrude on neighbors. We have had to get a booth and a half when the booths are 8 x 10 or smaller -- to accommodate the wheelchair. We've asked for ADA accommodations - LOL -- that isn't going to happen. And before we can consider doing a show, I am emailing to find out if the venue is accessible. You'd be surprised how many times I have received answers of 'no - this would not be a good venue for you.' Scary in 2012 but our reality. The other thing is that I've had my hip replaced. I'm not supposed to be shlepping, lifting, moving, pulling, carrying anything over 10 pounds. OK - stop laughing. We know that's not a reality when doing shows. And I have all the 'itis's' -- bursitis, tendenitis, arthritis -- who happily let me know that they are all having a fine time partying in my body when doing shows. I have to be sitting some of the time - because of this. So we try to figure out the best in/out - lifting/shlepping that we can so that I don't do any damage to myself. If it's too far for us to get in/ouit; if there are steps or obstacles -- then we have to negate that show -- because we physically cannot deal with those kinds of parameters.
It's pretty incredible that we are able to set up the way we do. It can get squishy ... and every inch counts when knocking off 5 fee to start.
