We wanted to go to the symphony Friday night, but it was sold out. A mostly pops concert. So we bought tickets to the same program today, Sunday, at noon.
I brought the camera and was trying to work up the nerve to take a photo while el sr J was looking through the program to find where it said "no photos allowed." He didn't find it and I worked up my nerve, but very early on. Some people took photos later, in the middle of a piece. Hmmm. In the background are the names of the men in the Constitutional Congress. Note the name "Venustiano Carranza," our address. We arrived early, as usual, and had fun pairing names on the wall to suggest to our hijo menor for the impending twins. It's good they're boys: there are no female names on the wall.
The conductor talked to us, encouraging us to come to the Friday evening concerts in the future, because the orchestra was not going to continue doing two concerts in one weekend. Some people yelled out that they liked the Sunday ones better. Hmmm. Then the concert started. There were babies and young children making noise. The conductor turned around, displeased, twice, and then he stopped in the middle of a piece, turned around and asked the people with the loud children to take them away: "sáquenlos, por favor."
The audience applauded and that was that. Which is probably why the conductor doesn't want to do Sundays. Let them get babysitters for Friday nights. It's true that orchestras everywhere are trying to attract a younger audience, which explains today's program, but there are limits to how young.
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