[Golfingnut]

If they would stop hiring such good entertainers we would not have this problem.

[tainsley]

Originally Posted by asianthree

bring your own chair

Ditto...and some super glue (just kidding)!

[buggyone]

"We quit going to the Christmas tree lighting because of all of the rude drunk people who for many reasons take away from the true spirit of the ceremony."

I have attended 5 Christmas tree lighting ceremonies in the past 4 years here in The Villages. All of them have been fun. I did never see any rude drunk people. Everyone was having a great time.

The ceremonies are what you make them. Go there with a bad attitude and you will have a bad time. Go to the ceremony with a happy outlook and you will have a good time. A little advance planning helps, too. Do not go to the tree lighting ceremony at the last minute. You will not get a seat. Go early, get a seat, talk with friends or make a new friend.

[GPGuar]

Why can't the events people just remove the tape or rope on the "saved seats" as they move around the square? No one could argue with them.

[mulligan]

They don't get paid enough to get into confrontations.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by GPGuar

Why can't the events people just remove the tape or rope on the "saved seats" as they move around the square? No one could argue with them.

Originally Posted by mulligan

They don't get paid enough to get into confrontations.

Why don't they just keep the seats locked up and don't hand them out till an hour before the show? With a little thought, TV could solve this problem and prevent a lot of high blood pressure.

[Halle]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Why don't they just keep the seats locked up and don't hand them out till an hour before the show? With a little thought, TV could solve this problem and prevent a lot of high blood pressure.

[TOMCAT]

Another part of the story about the saved seat, is the some other people that were sitting right near me saw what was happening. Someone actually gave me a new seat to sit in and the woman in back of me said she saw and heard the whole thing and it was wrong. I am sure there are plenty of nice people there who are considerate of others.

[gatherer47]

ah,the annual saving seats thread-I remember taking my own chairs to Lake Sumter and setting them up behind some chairs that had been saved for a couple of hours.The people came just as the parade was to start and lo and behold chose to stand up and not even sit in their front row seats they'd been saving.I had to even laugh at their absurdity.This was at the St Patrick's Day parade.

[scarecrow1]

I've learned to bring my own. This topic is getting real old. Have seen posts about it for years now. For all you nubes there are 100,000 people in the villages and not enough seats for everyone so take a tip and bring your own and you'll always have a seat.

[Bogie Shooter]

These saving seat threads............................: blahblahblah:

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Who is this Scooter everyone seems to be so enamored with?

[mulligan]

He's a villages resident who works/worked as a DJ at Disney, now here.