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Old 27-03-2016, 23:43
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When it comes down to live show opening credits I notice the floor management get the audience to clap. I personally find it annoying to the core, wonder if anyone else is irritated by it just as much as me? And the repetitive panto treatment of Craig annoys me as well.
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Old 27-03-2016, 23:58
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Old 28-03-2016, 07:01
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I know what you mean Paul. I understand they want people to clap but why don't they get them to clap on the "off beat"? This is much more appealing and less painful on your hands!
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Old 28-03-2016, 07:48
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Clapping - doesn't bother me at all.

Panto treatment of Craig - yes, not necessary
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Old 28-03-2016, 13:02
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Clapping - doesn't bother me at all.

Panto treatment of Craig - yes, not necessary
Problem is if they focused on Craig's ballroom Latin knowledge the cupboard is bare
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Old 28-03-2016, 14:00
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Problem is if they focused on Craig's ballroom Latin knowledge the cupboard is bare
Lucky we have the non-panto Uncle Len for those bits, isn't it?
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Old 28-03-2016, 19:11
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I rather like the clapping during the opening credits, I clap along at home

The overuse of standing ovations annoys me, they're not special moments anymore.

Craig's spins also annoy me, I don't know why
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Old 28-03-2016, 20:19
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Clapping - doesn't bother me at all.

Panto treatment of Craig - yes, not necessary
Panto treatment of Craig is an inevitable consequence of him behaving like a panto villain.
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Old 29-03-2016, 07:46
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Panto treatment of Craig is an inevitable consequence of him behaving like a panto villain.
And a consequence of him acting out the character that the producers want.
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Old 29-03-2016, 08:31
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When it comes down to live show opening credits I notice the floor management get the audience to clap. I personally find it annoying to the core, wonder if anyone else is irritated by it just as much as me? And the repetitive panto treatment of Craig annoys me as well.
I can understand how you feel about the frantic clapping that is heard over the opening credits on the show that can get a bit overbearing in my opinion.

After all, Craig does get involved with Panto every year; was it not back in the 2014 series, when he came dressed as Captain Hook on one live show?
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Old 29-03-2016, 10:14
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what?

completely? no!

or do you just mean during certain points in the show

your thread title and subsequent opening post are somewhat confusing

do you want the clapping stopped just over the opening titles or completely throughout the entire show as per thread title would suggest............

in answer to both - no - I like the clapping
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Old 29-03-2016, 11:26
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No.
But the sound engineers should make sure that it never ever drowns the music.
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Old 29-03-2016, 12:16
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It has been posted by more knowledgeable dance forumites that the clapping could put off the dancers - celebs not Pro's.

I am all in favour of deploying cattle prods to stop the mindless clapping while a celeb is dancing a competitive dance
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Old 29-03-2016, 13:27
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At a "proper" dance competition clapping, cheering and calling out couples numbers is all part of the atmosphere. Little is worse than competing in a silent (apart from the music) competition. usually re-act positively to know they are being supported in the same way as athletes, football teams, etc love to hear vocal support.

As for Strictly, maybe it would be nice if the audience could be allowed to clap or cheer spontaneously instead of being told to.

What I do find irritating is the seeming never-ending standing ovations and Tess saying "Oh look they're standing up all round the studio...................."
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Old 29-03-2016, 13:42
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At a "proper" dance competition clapping, cheering and calling out couples numbers is all part of the atmosphere. Little is worse than competing in a silent (apart from the music) competition. usually re-act positively to know they are being supported in the same way as athletes, football teams, etc love to hear vocal support.

As for Strictly, maybe it would be nice if the audience could be allowed to clap or cheer spontaneously instead of being told to.

What I do find irritating is the seeming never-ending standing ovations and Tess saying "Oh look they're standing up all round the studio...................."
Completely agree. I feel the atmosphere has changed from a relatively intimate live studio setting with spontaneous applause in the early series to an X Factor style atmosphere with the audience constantly encouraged to clap, stand up and shout encouragement.

Standing ovations should be spontaneous and reserved for those really special Strictly moments.
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Old 29-03-2016, 19:37
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They should wire the audience up so they clap in time to the music.

I don't like clapping out of time.

Most computer sound systems aren't good enough to play this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdvFZMhybHg
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Old 30-03-2016, 18:40
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I am all in favour of deploying cattle prods to stop the mindless clapping while a celeb is dancing a competitive dance
Oh I'm in total agreement with you there. I think it's all done by the 'non - dance' ones who go for entertainment over dance technique. I have a friend like that who would clap and cheer on someone like Lisa Riley / Alison Hammond because they made her laugh - the terrible flat footed dancing wouldn't matter a jot ! I suspect the ones who prefer to see quality dancing and can spot a good performance from a poor one are the ones sitting watching intently and not clapping until the end. I also hate the stupid women who wail and shriek through a dance - very annoying as well
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Old 30-03-2016, 20:39
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no I clap along at home
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Old 30-03-2016, 23:43
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Wonder what qualifications the floor management have to make a pigs ear of things the way they do sometimes?
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Old 31-03-2016, 14:10
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Wonder what qualifications the floor management have to make a pigs ear of things the way they do sometimes?
Certainly they have no dance qualifications! They're only interested in what they see as the entertainment side of the show. Don't forget it's the beeb - they never have had any respect for dancing. The idea that it can actually be a sport is quite alien to them.
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Old 31-03-2016, 18:57
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It is worth remembering, though, that Strictly was conceived first and foremost as an entertainment show that happened to involve dancing rather than vice versa

http://www.express.co.uk/dayandnight...-I-got-nothing

“We needed to come up with a big Saturday night show and at a meeting we were discussing what hadn’t been tried,” Fenia, who then worked as the BBC’s Entertainment Commissioner, remembers.

“Out of the blue, I said ‘ballroom dan*cing’.

“My vision was for an entertainment show first and foremost, with celebrities out of their comfort zone.”
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Old 04-04-2016, 22:26
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Old 08-04-2016, 23:55
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Certainly they have no dance qualifications! They're only interested in what they see as the entertainment side of the show. Don't forget it's the beeb - they never have had any respect for dancing. The idea that it can actually be a sport is quite alien to them.
Feel like emailing the executive producer and bbc one controller saying I'm unhappy with it and that it's disrespectful as well. They must have a warm up guy too that influences it.
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Old 13-04-2016, 12:43
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At a "proper" dance competition clapping, cheering and calling out couples numbers is all part of the atmosphere. Little is worse than competing in a silent (apart from the music) competition. usually re-act positively to know they are being supported in the same way as athletes, football teams, etc love to hear vocal support.

As for Strictly, maybe it would be nice if the audience could be allowed to clap or cheer spontaneously instead of being told to.

What I do find irritating is the seeming never-ending standing ovations and Tess saying "Oh look they're standing up all round the studio...................."
I totally agree that reactions should be spontaneous, not to order.

That said, I hate some of the noise as dance competitions. It isn't so bad when the person shouting is supporting the same person as you but sitting in front of someone who is trying to break some decibel record and is supporting someone you don't know is painful. Also, I do find it offputting dancing when there is a really loud crowd. Extreme noise just overwhelms me. There is something a bit incongruous too about people shouting along to a romantic waltz or rumba. I really wouldn't mind dancing to a silent crowd and just hearing the music. I guess I'm just not a born competitor. Or I'm just a miserable so and so.

(Whilst I'm on the subject, I hate people who eat smelly, messy food or balance coffee cups in the vicinity of my not inexpensive dress. I guess I must be the personification of misery at these events!)

Some applause and crowd reaction is needed in Strictly though as we expect it in a television show. It would seem flat without it.
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Old 13-04-2016, 21:16
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Feel like emailing the executive producer and bbc one controller saying I'm unhappy with it and that it's disrespectful as well. They must have a warm up guy too that influences it.
Warm up guy or floor manager! But don't think the beeb will take much notice of whether viewers like the clapping or not, be interesting, though, to know if you get an answer.
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