Live entertainment venues can provide you and your friends and loved ones with hours of amusement. You get to listen to beautiful music while watching talented singers and musicians perform. However, when you are in the audience of a California choral musical performance, you are generally expected to follow some basic etiquette rules. You will ensure the fun for everyone by observing these common manners at these events.
It seems like everyone has a cell phone with them today. Most people dare not venture into public without their cell phones in their purses or pockets. While you are welcome to bring yours to the event, you are reminded that it is rude to have it on during the actual concert. As you are taking your seat, you may turn it on vibrate and silence the ringer if you have to have it on at all.
You also risk the ire of the both the conductor and everyone else because you were not respectful enough to give the singers the attention they deserve. Instead of looking at them, people will be looking at you. You can spare yourself this embarrassment by turning off your phone or turning down the ringer before the show starts.
The next thing that makes singers and conductors alike angry is when someone gets up to leave during the song. Many people in attendance might get up to leave at some point to use the bathroom or to stretch their legs. However, getting up to leave when the show is still going on is rude. Proper etiquette dictates that people stay seated until the music ends or the show has reached a transition phase.
While children's concerts are given at special times during the year like around Christmas, many public venues like these are ideally suited for adults. You may not want to bring your children to the show especially if they are very young and cannot sit still for long periods of time. Noisy children and crying babies disrupt the singing and irritate people who are trying to listen to the music.
While you may already know these basic etiquette rules, you could be unclear about applauding. Of course you know to wait until the piece has ended. However, you may not know when the end has arrived. Your foremost clue comes from watching what the conductor is doing with his or her arms.
If the arms are in midair and poised while holding his or her baton, you will know the song is still being performed. When the conductor drops his or her arms to his or her sides, this is a nonverbal cue that the song is over and the audience may then applaud if they liked are so inclined. This cue also saves you from the embarrassment of clapping too early.
These simple rules for enjoying musical performances in California and elsewhere can come in handy when you want to be a respectful audience member. You prefer not to draw the ire of those around you or the performers on stage. You will show the appropriate amount of attention and respect by keeping these manners and behaviors in mind while you are listening to the music.
It seems like everyone has a cell phone with them today. Most people dare not venture into public without their cell phones in their purses or pockets. While you are welcome to bring yours to the event, you are reminded that it is rude to have it on during the actual concert. As you are taking your seat, you may turn it on vibrate and silence the ringer if you have to have it on at all.
You also risk the ire of the both the conductor and everyone else because you were not respectful enough to give the singers the attention they deserve. Instead of looking at them, people will be looking at you. You can spare yourself this embarrassment by turning off your phone or turning down the ringer before the show starts.
The next thing that makes singers and conductors alike angry is when someone gets up to leave during the song. Many people in attendance might get up to leave at some point to use the bathroom or to stretch their legs. However, getting up to leave when the show is still going on is rude. Proper etiquette dictates that people stay seated until the music ends or the show has reached a transition phase.
While children's concerts are given at special times during the year like around Christmas, many public venues like these are ideally suited for adults. You may not want to bring your children to the show especially if they are very young and cannot sit still for long periods of time. Noisy children and crying babies disrupt the singing and irritate people who are trying to listen to the music.
While you may already know these basic etiquette rules, you could be unclear about applauding. Of course you know to wait until the piece has ended. However, you may not know when the end has arrived. Your foremost clue comes from watching what the conductor is doing with his or her arms.
If the arms are in midair and poised while holding his or her baton, you will know the song is still being performed. When the conductor drops his or her arms to his or her sides, this is a nonverbal cue that the song is over and the audience may then applaud if they liked are so inclined. This cue also saves you from the embarrassment of clapping too early.
These simple rules for enjoying musical performances in California and elsewhere can come in handy when you want to be a respectful audience member. You prefer not to draw the ire of those around you or the performers on stage. You will show the appropriate amount of attention and respect by keeping these manners and behaviors in mind while you are listening to the music.
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