CAC rooms
Here’s a breakdown of the rooms we typical reserve with some details.
Sala de Puerto Rico
Large room on the second floor of the Student Center with parquet floor. It holds our dances quite comfortably these days. The acoustics are best if you place the stage on one of the short sides of the room. We usually request three folding tables for this room for gate, flyers, and refreshments. This is our favorite room for dances.
Lobdell Dining Hall
The dining hall on the second floor of the Student Center. Although this room can feel a bit cramped with 10 squares, it has the advantage of having natural areas for socializing, plus a balcony for watching the formations from above. We use the existing tables for gate, flyers, and refreshments. Moving all the tables and chairs off the floor is usually the job of the CAC employees although they always appreciate a hand if they are running behind. Resetting the tables and chairs is our responsibility and is overseen by the person in charge of breakdown. Because of the hassle of resetting the tables, this is our second choice for dances, but it is a close second.
Morss Hall
The dining room on the first floor of Walker Memorial. It is far from the Student Center without easy parking for our caller and cuer. It is often too hot in the Summer (ask people to bring fans) and the tables and chairs must be moved and reset by the club. This location places a distant third choice to Lobdell and the Sala for dances, but sometimes, we just don’t have a choice.
Lobby 13
The lobby in building 13 by the elevators is not as far from the Student Center as Morss Hall, but it has many of the same problems. The temperature is greatly affected by the external weather simply because people are always cutting through the lobby and exiting to the outside. There is no nearby parking for our caller and cuer. At least there are no tables to move. The real problem with Lobby 13 is the acoustics. The lobby echoes in a way the makes it hard to hear what the caller and cuer are saying. We've been in Lobby 13 some in 2014 and have been finding ways to make the acoustics work better.
W20-407 and W20-491 These virtually identical rooms are on the fourth floor of the Student Center. We can fit six squares in a pinch, but we are much more comfortable with only four. These are ideal rooms for our smaller dance workshops (squares or rounds).
PDR 1–3 (Private Dining Rooms) These are small carpeted rooms located on the third floor of the Student Center between Lobdell and the Coffeehouse. Since they are carpeted, we are not allowed to dance in them, but they are ideal for meetings of officers and committees. We also use them for walkthrus occasionally.
Classrooms These are not booked through the CAC. This means they are available during the standard CAC “blackout” periods.