G - Gallery Seating

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   GALLERY SEATING

The cheapest ticket to the show
was all that I could bear.
No one told me that I’d sit
behind the pillar square!


(I was inspired to write these words while reading a seating chart for a show which informed purchasers that certain seats were behind the supports, and the views would be blocked!  I wondered why anyone would pay for a seat without a full view.)
 

©2019 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved

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  1. CAACApril 8, 2019 at 9:30 AM

    Lisa,

    What a bummer seating arrangement!

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    1. LisaApril 8, 2019 at 9:39 AM

      That's what I thought! It was Cavalia, in Portland, Oregon a few summers ago. I saw the big tent and looked up what was happening, and read the seating charts. The tickets were still fairly expensive, at least for me, maybe not for Portland!

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  2. Deborah WeberApril 8, 2019 at 12:02 PM

    If only x-ray vision were a superpower you could call upon at will! :-)

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    1. LisaApril 8, 2019 at 2:17 PM

      Very true! If we could have one superpower, I wonder which I'd pick? Probably not x-ray vision, as handy as that could be.

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  3. TrudyApril 8, 2019 at 1:48 PM

    The same thing happened to some friends of mine... they went to a Cavalia Odysseo show and ended up behind a pole.

    Great poem!

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    1. LisaApril 8, 2019 at 2:26 PM

      It must be the way the tent is designed. I believe that was the show I read about, it had horses.

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  4. John HoltonApril 9, 2019 at 11:07 AM

    Reminds me of old Comiskey Park in Chicago, where seemingly every view from the outfield had a pillar at least partially blocking the view...

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  5. shirley dietzApril 10, 2019 at 7:20 PM

    Oh yes, this has happened. Short and true - good verse.

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