[GreyingJay]

I have no problem with the "silly" things that happen at events. I think it's great that people are dancing and having fun. As someone who is, um, "coordination challenged" it takes a LOT of coercing for me to get up and look foolish by trying to dance, especially in front of large audiences. The only places I have ever felt comfortable doing that are at the summer camp I volunteer with... and FRC events. That speaks of how comfortable I feel in an audience full of friends. FRC folks are a friendly bunch.

I like the ideas for "how to explain to the audience what is going on" but ultimately I don't think it is any more confusing than any other spectator sport. I don't really follow hockey that closely and I still sometimes ask "what was that for? why did they do that?" when watching a game.

Any audience member that doesn't know what is going on can ask "what's going on?" and someone nearby will happily explain. Someone sitting near me was asking exactly that at North Bay and I explained to them what the game was about.