I Love You, "Insert Name Here"!!

I recently went back and attended my first dance recital as a spectator. That was a bittersweet event all on its own but I left more frustrated than anything. Let me just jump on my soapbox for a moment...

#1 - You are attending a ballet recital. Its a dance recital, not a rock concert. Please refrain from screaming out "I love you Princess" or "You da bomb, Sarah!" A) It's very distracting to the dancers. B) They have been trained not to respond to your cat-calls. C) You just sound dumb!

#2 - Attending your family member's recital does not give you a free pass to dress like a hooker. Wearing your tiny mini skirt and see through tank top does nothing to help your baby sister frappe and glissade better across the stage. You now sound and look dumb! Take yourself to the club if you want that kind of attention, otherwise, you are just distracting to everyone else and taking the focus away from the sweet girls on the stage. You, my friend, belong on a different kind of stage.

#3 - STOP TALKING DURING THE PERFORMANCE! Just because your performer isn't on stage at the moment doesn't mean someone around you isn't watching their daughter/son. It's just plain rude!

#4 - Cell Phone etiquette - Surely you can read if you've made it this far. Therefore, you see the sign that says "No Cell Phones." That includes texting, not just talking. That little glow from your iPhone causes every girl on that stage to focus their attention to that strange light. Again, super distracting!

#5 - Vibrate: the act of your phone NOT making noise. Use it, that's why the geniuses put it as a feature on your phone!

#6 - Video - when the sign says "No Video" and you are intently staring at your phone in front of your face and there is a tiny red light flashing, please do not take me for a fool and try to argue with me that you were just "getting ready to text." I am not blind nor stupid. (Please see Rant # 4)

::steps off soap box::