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Post by Lprdgecko on Feb 26, 2009 23:20:50 GMT -5
Ok, so today we had a band concert. Every concert, the media department at my school films it. While the first two bands were performing, the rest of us were sitting in the seats in the auditorium, watching their performances. I happened to be sitting in front of three kids from the media classes who were there to film the concert. As soon as the Concert Band (1st to perform) started playing, they started talking. Loudly. And they were making fun of the Concert Band at times. It got to the point where I turned around and asked them to please be quiet. They didn't listen, and started talking about me, saying stuff like, "What did she just say? We don't have to listen to her." They continued talking. My friend next to me also turned around and asked them nicely to please quit talking. They still didn't listen.
After the Concert Band was done, my SL, who was sitting at least 5 rows ahead of me, looked back and asked me if the people behind me were talking because she heard it too. I told her yes, and she told our BD. BD came and asked them to quit talking. As soon as the Symphonic Band (2nd to perform) began playing, they started talking. Again. I turned around again, looked them straight in the eye and said as sternly as I could in a whisper, "Guys. Please stop talking now." Still didn't listen. They kept complaining saying stuff like, "When is this going to be over? I don't want to be here." I almost turned around and said "If you don't want to be here, leave." But I didn't. Once the Symphonic Band was finished, the band members were standing in the aisles looking for seats while my band was getting on stage. Some were standing in front of the camera, because it was blocking the whole aisle. The media kids said, "Oh sure you can just go ahead and stand in front of the camera, it's no problem." I almost said "Yeah, and it's perfectly fine for you to be talking while they're performing" but again I didn't.
Have any of you had similar experiences? If so, how did you deal with it?
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Post by Flutist Kes on Feb 27, 2009 10:24:48 GMT -5
I haven't had that problem, but I would suggest that you go talk to whoever runs the media department. Explain the whole thing, including how your BD came to talk to them. Theoretically, they could be written up/disciplined for disrespecting a teacher. Or those three could be pulled off from concert duty from now on, which may affect their grade or whatever.
As for handling future situations in the middle of a concert... if your BD can't control these idiots, do you have an adminstrative personnel (ie principal) at the concert? Ask if he/she will intervene. Possibly kick them out. I'm sure someone- a friend of the band, a parent- would be OK taping the performance.
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Post by KUguardgrl13 on Feb 27, 2009 16:57:18 GMT -5
a few weeks ago we had the district orchestra concert in which all the orchestras in the district play for the others. the parents of the 5th and 6th graders (the beginners in the program) and the 7th and 8th graders were wooping and cheering as if they were at a basketball game. clearly no one teaches concert etiquette anymore.
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Post by ~*Not~a~Stalker~* on Feb 27, 2009 17:32:29 GMT -5
You're a bigger person than I am. I definitely wouldn't done some butt kicking.
Kudos to you.
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Post by tubachick11 on Feb 27, 2009 21:14:34 GMT -5
People do that here too. I find it so annoying. I want to strangle them all.
As for the others, it's normally the bands here that are the most disruptive. The upperclassmen get sick of concerts and figure they can just goof off. Our band director sent our band to the hall before during a concert because the band was being too loud while our freshman band and our orchestra were performing. It's so annoying.
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Post by Lprdgecko on Feb 27, 2009 23:42:15 GMT -5
I haven't had that problem, but I would suggest that you go talk to whoever runs the media department. Explain the whole thing, including how your BD came to talk to them. Theoretically, they could be written up/disciplined for disrespecting a teacher. Or those three could be pulled off from concert duty from now on, which may affect their grade or whatever. As for handling future situations in the middle of a concert... if your BD can't control these idiots, do you have an adminstrative personnel (ie principal) at the concert? Ask if he/she will intervene. Possibly kick them out. I'm sure someone- a friend of the band, a parent- would be OK taping the performance. Those are good suggestions, but, unfortunately, I'd never seen the kids who were sitting behind me before, and I doubt I'd be able to recognize them again. At our concerts, sometimes our principal comes and watches, but most of the time it's just the parents of the band kids. Maybe if it happens again and the principal is there, I'll tell him. If not, I'll let our BD know again or whatever. I asked my friend today who was sitting in the same row as me if those people were talking during my band's performance, since they had in all the others. She said that they didn't, probably because our Asst. BD came and sat in the same row as them lol. |
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Post by stickshifty on Feb 28, 2009 2:02:08 GMT -5
Ok get this.
The Premier Navy Band performed a concert at UT. The audience had a lot of older patrons in it. There was a whooooole row of big old ladies who chattered incessantly the ENTIRE concert. Maybe they didn't realize that they were talking so loudly, but I wanted to hurt them on more than one occasion. It's like seriously, this isn't like an outdoor pops concert where the music is just background noise. People are there to LISTEN, not to talk.
"WHAT'S THAT THING THAT THEY'RE PUTTIN' IN THE TUBA?" (it's called a mute akshually).
"WELL THERE'S ONLY THREE MORE SONGS AFTER THIS ONE."
"LOOK AT THAT MARIMBA PLAYER!"
"LOOK AT THAT FLUTE PLAYER!"
And it would just continue... I told my professor about it the day after, and he suggested that I tell them to take the trumpet professor's "Concert Etiquette" class. And I wish I could have. It was THE Navy Band and the amazing music was kinda ruined by all the talking behind me.
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Post by Lprdgecko on Feb 28, 2009 23:10:43 GMT -5
^I saw the Navy Band perform in Nashville a couple weeks ago. They were amazing! (Sorry, off-topic lol)
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Post by tubachick11 on Mar 1, 2009 3:26:59 GMT -5
Uhg. That's horrible with the Navy Band. I'd love to see them. I hate people who just keep talking. I get sitting with friends and saying "Whoa! That was so cool!" or "Did you hear that?" in a reverent awe kind of a manner, but people who talk at concerts just to hear their own voice and make it into a social experience are a nucance. We should have screenings on who should be allowed to go to concerts like that.  |
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Post by ~*Not~a~Stalker~* on Mar 1, 2009 12:19:39 GMT -5
You know what I really hate about people like that? The more you tell them to stop, the funnier they think it is, and the more they talk. It's ignorant. People like that are the reason why I seem like such a...how to say this...meanie head. Yeah, that works.
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Post by fluttietuttie on Mar 1, 2009 16:54:14 GMT -5
I went to see the Army Field band and there was this kind of ROTC group in front of me, representing for something. They were so disrespectful. They were supposed to be representing something but they were talking and making fun of people and had their cellphones out. I wanted to bash them over the head with a tuba.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2009 16:56:15 GMT -5
Nobody knows concert etiquette because nobody has reason to know concert etiquette. In my band's case, we are fortunate enough to have an audience that we don't complain about their manners. In truth, that is the case for most ensembles; the audience are there of their own free will, and that fact alone should hold them more or less above judgment, as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by Lprdgecko on Mar 2, 2009 23:35:40 GMT -5
You know what I really hate about people like that? The more you tell them to stop, the funnier they think it is, and the more they talk. It's ignorant. Exactly. But the instant that a teacher or somebody with actual "authority" sits near them, they stop... Funny how that works... |
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Post by bandgeek101 on Mar 3, 2009 0:28:23 GMT -5
If you want to deal with it with class, I suggest talking to whoever deals out the punishment for them and whoever can teach people to be quiet even when performances aren't very good. However, I think it is okay to sternly tell people that they need to be quiet or leave during extreme circumstances.
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Post by Duel of the Flutes on Mar 5, 2009 0:08:08 GMT -5
People having obnoxious conversations during concerts, cell phones ringing during pieces, and clapping in between movements should be against the law.  I'm so glad it's not just people at my school who do this! At our last concert, I was standing in the back to listen to the other band, and these two kids kept talking to me, even though I asked them to stop! Seriously, if someone asked you to stop talking during a concert, you would think you would at least stop talking to the person who asked in the first place! Geez.  |
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