To be shocked that some parents at DD's Xmas play were so selfish?

[Fabuloo]

Watched DD's Xmas play yesterday. No one had a perfect view as it's an infant school and they don't have a stage but some parents stood up for almost the whole show completely blocking the view of everyone behind them. Other held there cameras and phones up blocking the view, I was quite upset by this and went to stand at the back in the end so I could see, aibu?

I agree with you - it's very selfish to stand up and annoys me. People get silly about school plays I find. All you can see is 100 iPhones all trying to get a picture. Dd2's school has started selling lovely photos taken by a professional at good prices after the show. I think this is a good idea.

Add people who chatted through the whole performance, and screaming babies and toddlers and it sounds like our nativity. I always stand at the back now and glare at all selfish adults because I detest humans on the whole.

When I was at school, the school would take their own photos during the dress rehearsal. They'd make sure there was a whole class one, a whole performance (if more than one class), one of each "group" eg shepherds, narrators, oddments left over... and lots taken during a dress rehearsal.
They charged 10p per photo to order.

I do remember once where they took all the photos from one angle of the ones during the rehearsal. I was on stage the whole time. Every photo had me in... well one bunch of hair sticking out one side of the pillar, and a knee and other bunch sticking out the other side.

However I would like to go back to that. In these days it could be even easier. Someone comes and takes lots of snaps of everything and puts them on a CD. You can sell that for £2 and make a profit. And then ban photos/cameras for the main show.

Or do a "photo show" where people can come and take photos, but not allow them for the main one.

It seems that too many parents, often those who are otherwise sensible, think that taking a photo of their child at that particular moment, takes priority over the people behind seeing their child, possibly doing their one line.

At DS's school when the performance is finished the HT invites everyone to take photos of their kids in costume with the scenery in the background. This leads to less stupid parental behaviour and better pics.

The teachers should've made them sit down!

isee our head teacher does that too but it doesn't stop parents almost rushing the 'stage' when they see their child's part coming up. ours was this morning and when the angels all trooped up onto stage there were almost accidents as people tried to jump over each other to get the best shot. i was embarrassed for them TBH.

I was nearly trampled over as parents ran for a photo opportunity at the end of the play yesterday. I didn't even get to take a pic of dd with her friends.

Yanbu OP. There needs to be a volunteer photographer who takes pics of all children and then sells pics to parents.

When my DC were in primary school, where half the school was taught through the medium of Welsh and half English - parental choice, some parents would walk out at the end of the English half. It ended up that the Welsh speaking children would always have to do their performances first to ensure a full audience for all the children.

We have some kids whose guardians cannot allow pics/video to be taken, so our school always does "staged" photos at the end -works REALLY well - everyone actually gets to see and enjoy the performance, rather than continually looking for every video/photo opportunity. They also sell a video of the performance which is tactfully edited by the deputy head.

that is so rude jelly! those poor children having to carry on while adults are walking out!

We arent allowed to take photos or film at our school. However we are at my DNs nursery. I filmed him once & i made sure that i was standing at the side and i wasnt in other peoples way.

Well I'd be more shocked if parents weren't selfish and behaved properly. They never do when their little darlings are on stage.

Some of these tales are dreadful. I think I would become the parent who said 'excuse me you're blocking the view'. They could edit me out.