Audience at Performing Arts Center Could Use a Hand Itself

I would like to make some suggestions for future programs at the Orange County Performing Arts Center:

* Blinders could be distributed so as to keep some of us from seeing fellow Orange Countians who like to use the seat backs immediately in front of them as footrests or occasionally even drape legs and feet over them.

* It might be helpful to provide seating in talking and non-talking sections for those who cannot stifle their addiction to frequent talking.

* And while we’re at it, why not put in an applause sign like those used for TV studio audiences so everyone can be clued in as to the appropriate times to applaud?

STEVE WOOLDRIDGE

Irvine