@tmwsiy said:

@packone said:

I find this kind of insulting.

I don't in the least, the message was professional and welcoming.
And discussed a few etiquette points that not all are likely to be accustomed to.
ATL had some issues based on each and every clip from YouTube I watched.

Whoa! Controversy!

I went onto twitter and searched for various hashtags like #trey, #phish, #atlantasymphony and other, and there were definitely people live tweeting from the show. One person was also adding the hashtag #classy after all their tweets, which is obviously not classy. I guess there are a few in every crowd.

In all my years of theatre going and the several times I've seen the Cleveland Orchestra, there has never been anything other than a warning directly before the show to shut off cellphones (in the days of cellphones), and to refrain from applause until after the show was over. I feel that that would have been adequate in this instance.

Also, do they really need to tell us about standards of dress?

The stuff about parking and coat check seems reasonable, but the rest seems a bit presumptuous to me.