I really tried. I went for a range of angles. With the f1.8 lens, being at the stage edge wouldn't have helped because it can't focus on anything if you're too close, which ideally puts me exactly where the throng of moving people was.

I tried a few shots from the steps to the dance cage, which hopefully gave the impression of the thick crowd and the number of other photographers. Somebody asked me later on whether I was the "official event photographer", and I replied, "Yeah, one of five".