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Dear Editor,
I will begin by stating that this is by no means a personal attack. I’m just placing an emphasis on general concepts such as respect and etiquette. As a member of this year’s Dance Production, which I’m very proud of and believe was overall a successful event. However, I am extremely upset about technical malfunctions which took place during Julian Mitchell and Krystal Gibson’s dance. Amidst Saturday’s performance, during the second of four songs, our dance was disrupted and ruined by technical difficulties. The lights faded to complete darkness then as the lights reappeared the volume of our music suddenly lowered significantly. This mishap disrupted the synchronism of the dancers. It made them look ridiculous once the lights turned back on because some dancers had already taken off their jackets. In addition, some dancers simply stopped because they did not know what to do when the stage was completely darkened.
As an actor and an entertainer I fully understand that technical difficulties occur and that “the show must go on.” However, when they result in the monstrously damaging effects, then I feel that a sincere apology is deserved to the performers. I feel that these are shared feelings from the majority of the members in our dance group. I just really feel that the person(s) in charge of the lighting and sound should give our dance group a sincere apology due to the mishap. Again, I want to reiterate that I veritably understand that technical difficulties occur, but I immensely feel that when the technical difficulties result in horrible disruptions and ugliness to the performance then the people involved in the mishap should give an apology. For example, if you were to accidentally step on someone’s foot, you would usually say “sorry,” that is if you have etiquette and were raised to treat people with respect. I hope people learn better manners from this and I would like for our dance group to receive a genuine apology from those persons involved.
-James Ward III, first-year, Theatre
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