As I walked into the negotiation center, a rambling temporary site like many I'd entered before, I felt the same unsteady feeling underfoot of makeshift flooring, the same rattling sound of doors hastily hinged, walls hastily placed, all saying that these today structures would be gone tomorrow, so make best use now.
"This might look like just a bunch of kids," he added, motioning toward the makeshift dance floor.
Renata Martins, 23, a Brazilian fashion model who has appeared in campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger and Gap, was grooving on the makeshift dance floor to David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel".
At Friend's Tavern, the requisite disco ball spins slowly over the makeshift dance floor, which even at 8 on a Tuesday evening is jampacked with men.
In front of the stage was a makeshift wooden floor, and occasionally someone would get up and dance — one young woman who seemed almost professional did some elaborate footwork, her arms down by her sides as straight as shovel handles.
They wandered off to join the small group of revelers on the makeshift dance floor in front of the bar who were all dancing with zero restraint to Paula Abdul's "Straight Up".
A nightclub that closed last month after a makeshift dance floor above a swimming pool collapsed and injured 30 people, will be allowed to reopen and not incur additional fines.
In his final years at Caramoor, Mr. Barrett also initiated roots music performances on outdoor stages, helping transform Friends Field, a grassy spot once known mainly as a car park and a makeshift dance floor, into a concert space; it reliably draws sizable audiences who enjoy an unusual degree of intimacy with the performers.
His friend and camper neighbor Henry had tried to start his own party the night before, blaring ACDC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" out the side of his Ford pickup and turning the truck bed into a makeshift dance floor.
The guy next to me ceased to seem like an archetype – weird drunk dude who came alone to a Bruce Springsteen show and might get handsy — and more my new friend I'd happily let spin me around the makeshift dance floor during "Rosalita," then high five.
