Audience Etiquette Checklist
Audiences have different traditions in the ways they enjoy different kinds of events. We eat, talk, or cheer loudly at some events but not at others. Fill out the following table showing the different kinds of audience traditions. Is the listed behavior always acceptable, sometimes acceptable, or never acceptable at each kind of event?
Type of event |
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| Behaviors | Sporting Event | Movie | Live Theater | Rock Concert | Jazz Concert | Orch Concert | Ballet | Opera | School Perform- ance |
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| Eat | |||||||||
| Talk | |||||||||
| Cheer during action or performance | |||||||||
| Stand up or walk around during action or performance | |||||||||
| Give a standing ovation | |||||||||
| Applaud at end | |||||||||
| Clap along in time with music | |||||||||