In an attempt to help family and friends enjoy all our concerts, as well as making it easier for our featured performers to do their best on stage, the following suggestions are offered to our audiences.
· Please make an effort to be settled in your seats BEFORE the concert begins.
· Make sure all rest room needs (especially for small children) are taken care of ahead of time.
· Make sure cell phones, beepers, watches, and all electronic devices are turned off. A moment to relax and turn one's full attention to the program often enhances the enjoyment of the performance.
· Talking or even whispering during the performance is disrespectful to the performers as well as distracting to others in the audience. In fact, any excessive movement or commotion can be a source of irritation to others who wish to listen and concentrate on the performance.
· Enthusiastic applause at the end of a complete musical selection is encouraged and appreciated. Whistling and shouting is not. It is also customary to applaud only at the end of the last movement of a multi-movement selection.
· At all concerts, it is expected that audience members will remain until the end of all the performances. The concerts are not long and our young music students very much enjoy performing for a large audience. They deserve a full audience for their performances. All students are to sit with their parents until the entire concert is over. If you must leave in an emergency situation, please do so only at the end of a musical selection and not while the students are performing.
Attention to these few suggestions will ensure a happy time for all those in the audience and a memorable performance for our Band students.