{"id":273,"date":"2004-06-01T20:31:01","date_gmt":"2004-06-02T04:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=273"},"modified":"2006-10-16T19:51:58","modified_gmt":"2006-10-16T23:51:58","slug":"audience-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2004\/06\/01\/audience-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"Audience Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Susan worries that in addition to Flo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s monthly Concord Park bills, there will be a nine hundred dollar companion fee to pay for my new found attachment to the place.<\/p>\n

I joined Flo for a classical piano recital in the great room to the left of the main doors. Rick Scalise plays once a month, and Sunday he featured Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss. There were twenty-two folks in his audience; I counted six asleep. Or I thought they were asleep, except that at the end of each song, eyes would open and hands would clap. Thinking they might be onto something, I too closed my eyes. That made seven of us with our chins on our chest.<\/p>\n

I was ecstatic to be sitting so close to the performer, but there is one drawback to this venue. The sleepers are counter balanced by the talkers. Behind where Flo and I sat were two women who could have been hollering over the crowd noise at a Celtics\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 game. This bothered me some, but it really irritated the dark haired woman sitting in front of us. The one Flo refers to as, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Busy body.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The Busy Body\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s evil eye stares were completely ineffective. And there were many. Finally, she stood up in the middle of a Strauss Waltz, marched over to the talkers and with forefinger extended said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You better SHUT-UP!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

As she walked back to her chair, in voices loud enough to be heard outside of the Fleet Center:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What did she say?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think she said to be quiet.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The nerve.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She must be related to the piano player.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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