Shameful is the word I would like to use for the inconsiderate people who attended the bandstand on Friday for the Abba tribute band for standing and blocking the views of the many elderly and disabled people at this concert.
My wheelchair-bound 73-year-old mother and 78-year-old father had been looking forward to this concert for weeks but because of these inconsiderate people they where unable to see anything of the concert, in fact half-way through the first half my mo
ther asked if it was records or a band playing.
When I booked these tickets I asked the 'official' booking office where would be the best place for my parents to see the concert and was told the middle section was best for wheelchairs. How wrong this was. The lady organiser I spoke to at the event told me I could not move them downstairs for a better view as it was 'full', when in fact I witnessed, at half time, at least seven or eight women who had been on the middle tier just walking through the gates downstairs waving their ticket stubs with no one checking them.
This was a very poorly organised concert and the organisers were very lucky not to have a riot on their hands as I witnessed many a near fight breaking out on the middle tier because of people blocking the views of the majority. I will think long and hard before I subject my parents to another concert at the bandstand.
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