You Can’t Legislate Manners, But Really…It’s A Concert…

Between ringing cell phones, program rustling and yahoos screaming bravo before the last notes have a chance to die out, concert manners seem to be at an all time low. Peter Dobrin offers a code of conduct he wishes could be adopted by audience members. “It’s obviously time to find some pleasant way of reminding visitors how to act. This is not one of those disapproving tsk-tsk reprimands. I’m not in favor of tradition for tradition’s sake. I’m not trying to make anyone feel bad. On the contrary, I’m trying to make everyone at the concert feel good.”