About 60% of all kids in Madison High School participate in some section of the fine arts program which consists of band, choir, orchestra, and drama. This was one of the main reasons that so much money was spent on the fine arts section of the Madison High School, especially the auditorium. It does get quite a bit of use between the four programs and other public events, so it has been worth its money spent on it. During these public events, many kinds of people come to see a good performance and be entertained, but people also go for other reasons, which affects the way that they act at these events.
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Approaching the auditorium from outside, one can see clearly what is on the inside due to the large glass windows and doors that cover about half of the front view of the building. In the large lobby, there are bathrooms, drinking fountains, the ticket office, and doors that lead to the hallway to the auditorium. This hallway has a fork, giving the people who enter the choice of entering the auditorium on the left or right side. When the hallway ends, there are seats that seem never ending, even though there are only about 1500 seats. The seats are split into two tiers, a lower tier and an upper tier. The lower tier is the main level and is close to the stage, while the upper tier is a mezzanine with stairs that lead to the rows of seats, with the seats farthest from the stage being the highest seats in the auditorium. Within each tier, there are three sections: left, middle, and right. The left and right are angled to the stage, while the middle section is parallel with the front of the stage. These separate sections allow for easy access to the seats because there are aisles on both left and right of every section o...
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...y themselves, and that they were obviously enjoying that alone time. Also, there were many noisy kids around me that were surrounded by about 20 of their friends, who all came just to have an excuse to hang out.
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My hypothesis of this place was partially correct, but also was not correct at the same time. The reason it matched was that they were using it for the students to use for their performance, and the audience was able to have enough space to sit, however I was wrong because I did not anticipate the people who were going to misuse it. According to my observations, high school students who have that facility at their disposal are more likely to take it for granted and misuse the auditorium. However, there are also people that use it for what it was meant to be used for, so it continues to be used for public performances, making it a public place.
The building was arranged with the bar, kitchen, dart room along with offices and storage on the east end of the building. The showroom and sunroom area comprise the west. There are four exits. The front door was only accessible through a corridor partially occluded by a small ticket booth and another 36 inch wide doorway in the middle of the corridor. This becomes a critical chokepoint when the fire breaks out.
The concert I attended was a Junior piano recital held at The Florida State University College of Music in the Dohnanyi Recital Hall. The pianist was Kaisar Anvar. The pieces performed were:
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The audience, for the most part, seemed to be made up of college students attending for the same reasons as myself. However, there were some audience members who are part of older age groups in the audience. They were there only seeking a good performance and a great time. These older age group audience members were located mostly in the center section of the theatre seated in the first few rows. The dress was more casual among the students but dressier for the older people. Some people were in jeans and a T-shirt, including myself, while some wore nice clothes. The audience rewarded each soloist with a warm ovation of applause after their turn was finished. This led me to believe the audience enjoyed the performance and was very respectable to the performers.
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... view of the kids. Just like the other group I allowed the kids to feel comfortable in the room by playing in a small group. When it was time for the parents to leave I gave them the same instructions on how to leave and when to return. Group twos reaction was completely different from the first. they too noticed the fact that their parents weren't around but instead of crying they each at different times grabbed their respective lovies and continued to play.
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Music, art, dance and drama is a huge hobby people may have. It been a class in school for many years. It’s a fun class that you can learn about your strengths and weaknesses. Many people don’t like the same hobby as others. I think that we should keep theses classes so we can learn about the background of it all. It shouldn’t be a requirement to take these classes it should be optional. kids need to learn what they like to do so they can learn what their career may be for the future. without these classes they can 't learn much about themselves.