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Cameron,
I used to do the outreach nights with WSAAG, and always took my 90mm Mak on a goto drive.
Almost every other scope was a 10"-12" Dob.
I would concentrate on Alpha Cen, offering "Free eye tests" to split the binary and explaining what they were seeing.
Other times I'd do the Moon or Jupiter/Saturn.
The others would concentrate on clusters, nebulae, etc.
I generally got a line because my scope was different, and I had fun explaining that it was "as long as the Dobs, just all folded up" at 1250mm fl. Understanding that they magnified the same helped understand what 'light bucket' meant, too.
It is good to have a range of scope types as some people are considering buying and it lets them see alternative entry points.
Neville,
LSO
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