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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-05-18 12:45
Interesting idea. One advantage: The program and the conductor can talk about texting and cellphones in a positive (non-hostile) way in the context of telling members of the audience they'll have a chance to participate -- and, by the way, please keep the electronic gadgets turned off at all other times during the concert....
We've had an odd problem at the Library of Congress concerts, which attract a generally knowledgable, polite audience. The Jefferson Building is across the street from the U.S. Capitol building. Quite a few Masters of the Universe types come to those concerts and just can't bring themselves to disconnect completely. This audience does generally silence the cellphones and refrain from texting, but people do keep their phones turned on, in vibration mode. If Congress is in late-night sessions or even if it's not, sure as squeaks, the time will come when several people in the audience suddenly sit bolt upright, slap at their pockets, climb over the legs and laps down the rows (sotto voce: "Oh, did I step on you? Sorry!" -- "Watch out, you clod!") and scramble for the exits. It's particularly disruptive behavior in that old hall, with small, tight seats cramped into narrow rows.
Lelia
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