Jane Erb wrote: >I don't really know the answer -- perhaps the show of appreciation helps >the soloist understand that the audience is with him/her. However, is >generally seems to me that the scowls I see, not just from soloists but >from orchestra members when a work is interrupted by applause, indicate >that they mind the interruption. I wonder if the issue is whether the people are applauding because they don't know any better, or if it's because they DO know better. By "DO", I mean, they like the performance so much they felt that it would be better to applaud than to follow the "standard of decorum" -Mike Leghorn, Evanston, IL.