Wings of Love bird shows - Kansas City

Today at the public library here in town, I took Allison and we were supposed to see the above.  While I was able to 'push' Allison toward the front of the group, and she was able to see the entire show, this is what *I* saw......

Yes...the backs of people...   Can you see the windows in the background?   That's about where the show was.  Never did the library folks expect to have such a crowd. There has been tons of very good programs there and tons with with very cool animals. For whatever reason, the birds were a hUGE draw.  It is very cute. There were tons of senior citizens who came to see the animals, too.  That was unusual.  It did not bring out the best in many people either.  There were a lot of really rude people there who were complaining very loudly.  

You know, I've worked at the library and i've worked in setting up and promoting library programs.  I know that  one of the ways to feel validated about the success of a program is to have a really good crowd attend.  I heard comments from library board members how GREAT this crowd was!  Well......yes, it's good to have such a turnout, BUT when you annoy at least half of them because they can't see, and sort of annoy the other half because they are squished in, does that make it GREAT?  Are these folks going to be likely to come back the next time?  Sure some are...but others won't.  There was no way to know how many were going to come. However, I just have to say...sometimes bigger isn't necessarily better......

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