The Sharon Performing Art Center, One Improvement
 

Went there for the first time and for The Villages, this was indeed a great addition. Acoustic is much, much better than the Savannah and am looking forward to what kind of entertainment and performers to come our way. The fact that we had Parson's Dance performing was a great dare. The place was not crowded but those who were there welcomed the performers with great enthusiasm. Am delighted the management meant diversity for the first few years. One thing we didn't like was the concession drinks. I can usually drink most wines and cocktails but those offered at the concession stand were undrinkable. Both the Pinot Grigio and Gin and Tonic were not drinkable. This happens rarely with us. Drinks are part of the ambience of attending a performance.

?@ your performance was there a continual use of I-phones, cameras . etc.

No, they told the audience not to use any of those things. On one of the dances, they used strobe lights which was spectacular.

What was managements respones?

We were there for the Temptations. If anyone tried to take a picture or video, a male usher came down the aisle, tapped them on the shoulder, and stopped them. Everyone soon got the idea that this behavior was unacceptable.
On July 4th we went to see Lee Greenwood. A nightmare. Everyone was taking pictures and video taping the performance. They were holding big iPads up in addition to phones. Of course one partner didn't know how to do it right so hubby had to give her instructions all while the performance was going on. No one came to stop anyone. As people saw other people doing it, it became pervasive.
Finding this a bit disturbing after paying $150 for our 2 tickets, I wrote The Sharon via email to report the situation and inquire if their policy has changed. No response from The Sharon.

Often, those rules on photos and filming depend on the performer's contract.
But that had to have been just awful. I can understand some of that being OK in an outdoor venue (Phones and cameras, not full iPads) but not when you are inside a nice concert hall.

You are correct about the performer allowing pictures to be taken. Using flash was not allowed but many people don't bother to turn their flash off. Many seem to think their smartphone flash will work from 100 feet away.