Hi, Weogo,

The Friends of Congress Square Park (our partner in organizing the outdoor contra dances) has a cheap decibel reader that they use to measure the sound about 25 feet in front of the speakers.  They'll take an average reading.  We don't know about whether is A-weighted or C-weighted.

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.NufSed.consulting

Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:39:40 -0400
From: Weogo Reed <weogo@liveedge.net>
To: organizers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Organizers] outdoor dances in parks? 

Hi Dugan,

"*Sound*: At Congress Square Park, we shoot for 92 decibels."

Is this measurement made with a calibrated meter?
Right in front of a speaker?? 50' back from the stage?
A-weighted, Slow,? or? C-weighted, Fast?

At an outdoor dance, 50' back from the front of the stage, A-weighted,
Slow,
I'm often happy with an average around 78~80db.
This equals around 90~92db near the front of the stage.

Thanks and good health,? Weogo Reed