Cell Phone Rings at the Symphony and She Answers! (From the Front Row)!

Did a Woman Answer Her Phone on the First Row of the Symphony Hall During the Concert? GASP!  Yes!  Today, a friend and I went to the Jacoby Center Concert Hall to hear the magnificent Jacksonville Symphony.    In a deep voice from an announcer cell phones were to be turned off and no flash photography taken. We had the very first two seats on the center-front row right there in the front.  How did that happen? Talking about some of the best seats in the house. We were right there!    Literally, we had “front row seats”.

The concert began in usual fashion with the lights being brought down a bit, the announcer giving the 5 minute start alert and then everyone was seated and ready.  The orchestra  members were in place and the Conductor came out with a round of applause. Excitement was certainly in the air.

After the conductor told a bit about the pieces to ne heard, the music began and before long a cell phone on the front aisle went off.  I noticed the woman fumbling in her purse to find it, I thought to turn it off but “NO”, she answered it.  In the middle of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Air from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major BWV 1068, the woman began speaking to a person on the cell phone! Thankfully, the call was short but not without the front-seated violinist raising his eyebrows twice as he stroked his bow onto his violin.

Gasp!  She answered the call. I’m still flabbergasted.

See you tomorrow,

Nan