[angelah]

We get a lot of outside visitors to events for our team. No one has ever seemed put off by the dancing. In fact, one of our sponsors comes back time and again because she loves the "energy" of the events, and she has specifically mentioned the dancing as a positive.

The biggest issue we have had was with teams being rude about "saved seats" (no such thing.) I think teams need to do a better job of informing parents, because they are the biggest culprits. We watched a near-war behind us at Woodhaven when a whole team came back late from lunch and expected their three rows of bleachers, saved by a few jackets, to have remained untouched. At Michigan districts, seating is almost always a problem. People get territorial, and guests have been snapped at or talked about loudly for taking a "saved seat." It's rude.

I think the announcers are the key to keeping the crowd informed. A quick word can explain why there is a delay or why something is happening. I also think playing the game animation multiple times a day is very smart, especially on Saturdays when visitors are more common.