Thanks everyone, for the advice. I don't use a facelight except for photos, so I'm good there. I had not considered making an invisible av for fashion fairs...that is a great idea and I will definitely give it some thought. I used to use a "shadow" avatar for events...before alpha was available, now that things have changed, that gives me something to think about...thank you Ann.
Just for the sake of discussion..suppose I don't want to always be invisible, lol. With music events for example, while I don't want to be a nuisence, I do like to dance, get to know people, and show support for the musicians. Could anyone recommend low-lag hair or shoes? I found some non-scripted hair at Bliss that is very low-prim. But more options would be nice...I am having a terrible time finding decent shoes without scripts though. Also, this might really be a stretch lol...but if anyone could suggest a very simple ao, that would not be too draining on resources...that would be great. I use an Oracle ao now. It has animated stands...would an ao with static poses be better? Or is any ao out of the question? Anyway, thanks again...I appreciate the feedback very much.