Hi folks - Like a couple of you who've posted, I too have little "tortilla feet" - short and wide, women's 6-1/2 D. I do wear kids' shoes sometimes; that's excellent advice. But the best shoes I've found for contradancing are Capezio's Dansneakers. They are ugly to look at, but so comfortable that I can dance one of those 12-hour events and still go hiking the next day. I figure my late-night bounciness more than makes up for the lack of glamour in the shoe department. Tina Tina R. Fields, Ph.D. (707) 824-9318 "Hindsight Now!"