These days a Floor Manager (or Venue Manager) might also be responsible for, or delegate the responsibility for: - ensuring someone is one the door, greeting and taking money - making sure first timers know what is going on - health and safety - heating, lighting, power, etc. - organising refreshments - etc. That is as well as what Alan mentioned: - making sure that sets get formed - making introductions - ejecting the disorderly In other words, making sure that the dance is running smoothly, leaving the caller free to handle the dancing. My worst experience as a floor manager was handling a fatal heart attack in the middle of the dance floor! Happy dancing, John John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent