First, I have already read Dick's response, so I am just responding to the
original email with the understanding that I have read Dick's response.
I personally thought the crowd was very loud at intermission last night. I am
not sure we can really control the intermission noise. In fact, one gentlemen
who bought a 50/50 said "how will I know if I won, I can't hear anything for
the noise" Told him it would quiet down as Dick started his intermission
program. However, for the first part of Dick's review of upcoming shows it
continued to be difficult to hear him, but the crowd finally quieted down and
the second part of Dick's presentation could be hear.
Here is a suggestion: Let's try the time-honored theatre approach of blinking
the lights twice just before Dick begins his intermission presentation. I
believe that is universally recognized it is time to take your seats, and quiet
down as the show is about to begin. Actually, we could do this at the outset
also.
Just a thought.
Glen
-----Original Message-----
From: SMBA Hornpipe <hornpipeeditor@xxxxxxxxx>
To: smba <smba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, Dec 15, 2019 12:12 pm
Subject: [smba] Fwd: concerts
Hi everyone...I received this feed back from last nights concert.I have already
responded to Tom and thanked him for his feed back. I advised that we would
work harder to keep this from happening. I told him that we will ask for
respect for others and the artist before and at intermission for people not to
talk during the concert. I did ask the one lady that was talking very loudly
last night to be quiet. She seemed to be quieter before I walked away but she
may have started up again after I walked away. I sat for a while in the back
and she was the one I heard the most last night. If someone could take the lead
on this for next concert that would be great since I won't be there. Thanks in
advance.
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From: thomas boyer <tboyer10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, Dec 15, 2019, 11:00 AM
Subject: concerts
To: hornpipeeditor@xxxxxxxxx <hornpipeeditor@xxxxxxxxx>
Good morning. My wife and I have attended a number of shows over the past
couple of years.We prefer to sit in the back of the hall. On more than one
show we along with others have hadto deal with talkers. Last night was not
exception. I could tell the chatter was bothering more thana few.
A few suggestions worth considering. Prior to the band starting the show ask
for respect for the artistand the listeners. Instead of the SMBA leaders
sitting towards the front you should spread out. Ifyou ecnounter a talker a
board member could address the issue.
The question is how many fans would come if the chatter stopped? I understand
some people are not considerate but a reminder could be helpful.
Tom Boyer