Originally posted by Simon B
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I think that looking at programme notes on a phone during a concert is still a distraction because of the bright lights. Sadly I have seen people getting bored and reading emails or whatsapp messages. For people with urgent high priorities [doctors, people with specific needs etc.] that may be OK - if they get incoming messages requiring urgent action - but some people just get bored with the music.
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Now down to less than an hour to wait - estimated - so the web site is now counting down in minutes. Currently 49 minutes to go.Comment
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Very different from last year! I logged on at exactly 9am to find over 35000 people ahead of me! I find that kind of number at that time to be impossible to believe. Surely this can't be right.
The queue is going down at the rate of three or four per second but I'd expect one or more of my choices to be sold out by the time I get there. I think I was something like position 32 last year and had it all done in ten minutes.Last edited by Petrushka; 18-05-24, 09:02."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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The T Service has just warned us that the tickets for the 'Florence and the Machine' and 'Nick Drake' Proms are selling fast.......you've been warned!Comment
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Imagine how many will be attending the Proms this year for the first time. . . . ✅Originally posted by Roger Webb View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Mmmm... the waiting time has now gone up .... to 51 minutes.Comment
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Florence and the Machine has now Sold Out - according to the site.Originally posted by Roger Webb View PostComment
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Urm....but how many will return for 'classical' concerts? I don't believe that they think that they are 'attending the Proms' at all, merely going to a concert they're interested in.Originally posted by french frank View Post
It reminds me a bit of the GLC announcing that there would be snooker at the Festival Hall (GLC were the lease holders at the time) on the grounds that those attending the snooker might want to come back once they had discovered that classical music was played there.Comment
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Nearly ready to go now ....
Only two and a quarter hours wait!Comment
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On position 6000 with 11 minutes to go. Doubting that I'll get the tickets I want."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Finally ....
Credit card details had to be updated at the last minute - make sure that the RAH has the correct details. If you are using 2nd factor identification - which your bank/credit card company may insist upon, make sure you have a phone and pencil paper - or whaver you need to deal with that at hand.
It looks as though the War Requiem is over subscribed. Seats allocated in an area we don't particularly like, but will probably use them anyway.
The Verdi Requiem and the Bach St John Passion were allocated seats in areas we selected.
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Got a slot in the 6000s at 9AM, took over an hour to get in. There was one up-front request for a donation, and another one was silently added to the basket at the end, which is rather sneaky.Comment
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What about Florence and the Machine and Nick Drake, did you strike lucky?Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostComment
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Didn't want any of those!Originally posted by Roger Webb View Post
Maybe I should have done, and tried to sell at a profit!
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The extra donations and fees are arguably sneaky. It would be better if they could be agreed in advance - so that at least one knows what is being done.Originally posted by Retune View Post
There is a a standard booking fee - unavoidable I think.
There is a restoration fund [donation] for the RAH building.
There is an additional fund [donation] for musicians or some worthy cause.
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