I'm not blaming the Tourist Office people - as paid employees they presumably felt they didn't have the freedom to use their own initiative and adjust their way of working so as to reduce the delays. My point is, making use of amateurs and volunteers can sometimes be more efficient than the alternative.
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There's no reason a LNE of some side shouldn't work very well. It needn't be a primarily dance event way out of town, there are lots of ways of doing it. But some conveniently situated late night place where people can wind-down and meet at he end of the day, and the different aspects of the festival can come together could be very good for teh festival, as well as enjoyable. Maybe something like the one at Fylde (but in a less crowded setting than that please!)