24 Jun
2008
24 Jun
'08
3:01 p.m.
Hi,
I am considering buying my first pair of shoes bought expressly for contra
dancing. What do you recommend? What do you think of suede soles? I need
good arch support. Whatever I buy would also need to be acceptable to dance
organizers in need of protecting their venue's floors.
Thanks,
Rickey Holt.
24 Jun
24 Jun
3:10 p.m.
I need to wear orthotics in my every day shoes for arch support.
So when I buy new shoes, I take the old pair, one that accommodates the
orthotics, to a shoe clinic. I ask for "dance leather" (suede) to be
affixed to the bottoms of the shoes, but only from the toe to the arch
(not the heel). This way I have support and a great surface for
swinging. Costs me about $30.00. and I keep updating my dance shoes as
I purchase new regular wear ones. (I wear SAS shoes. I used to have a
pair of Rockports with which I did the same thing.)
Jo Mortland
7:05 p.m.
I sent an earlier message off list -
Same goes for me.
In my case I buy a good supportive tennis shoe, but I have swede put on the bottom of the
whole shoe. It just works for me. And it also costs about 30-40 depending on who you go
to.
I have in the past put leather on a vinyl bottomed shoe.
Of course, if you have a pair of shoes that work for you - old sneakers, just put duct
tape on them. I did that for nine years. It worked just fine.
Laurie
GR
--- On Tue, 6/24/08, Mortland, Jo <j-mortland(a)neiu.edu> wrote:
From: Mortland, Jo <j-mortland(a)neiu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Shoes
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 4:10 PM
I need to wear orthotics in my every day shoes for arch
support.
So when I buy new shoes, I take the old pair, one that
accommodates the
orthotics, to a shoe clinic. I ask for "dance
leather" (suede) to be
affixed to the bottoms of the shoes, but only from the toe
to the arch
(not the heel). This way I have support and a great
surface for
swinging. Costs me about $30.00. and I keep updating my
dance shoes as
I purchase new regular wear ones. (I wear SAS shoes. I
used to have a
pair of Rockports with which I did the same thing.)
Jo Mortland
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