Dear Isis and the staff at Media One,
I just would like to add my thoughts about the concert. I will start off with the good point:
- Hins's performance was excellent from the get go, and did not exhibit any opening jitters as some Hong Kong singers did when they performed in Vancouver. With the performance in mind, I feel that it is unfair to imply that Hins's may not care about the fans who paid good money to see him in Vancouver (as your previous statement seem to suggest).
And then here are my points of concern, many of which echoed by forum members here and in discussion elsewhere on the internet:
- lack of a live band: live musical performances should be part of a full, live concert (as the ticket prices suggested). The lack of a live band severely limits the variations of music (e.g., length, arrangements).
- poor quality of sound: it is almost agreed by all commenters that the quality of sound was poor to the degree that it was physically uncomfortable. The Leo Ku concert seemed to exhibit the same problem.
- the quality of the dance performance: regardless of who is responsible for this issue, to the audience, the dance performance was not coherent with the music and Hins's performance in general.
- picking up tickets: as there were a number of first-time concert goers (who were unfamiliar with the ticket pick-up process) among the audience, it is unfair to assume that everybody will arrive early to pick up their tickets. A better way would be to distribute the tickets at the time of sale or on a later date before the date of the concert.
- and finally, the length of the concert:
As the tickets were sold in full prices (comparable to previous, similar concerts), most, if not all, of the audience would assume that they were paying for a full-length (i.e., at least two and half hours) performance. Blaming parts of the audience for arriving "late" does not explain that even with the 20 minutes that was "cut," the length of the performance would still fall way short of what was expected.
As Hins's itinerary was known before the concert was signed on, the organizers should know about the tight time frame and it was not possible to have a full-length performance, yet the concert was still advertised and priced as a concert just like other previous ones.
As the scale of Chinese concerts in Vancouver are incomparable to those in Hong Kong, I would not expect the production to be on par with Hong Kong's. However, I am disappointed with my experience in the concert, as it is clearly not up to the standard, and I feel that the issues that I mentioned can be foreseen and avoided for an organizer as experienced as Media One. I am not asking for any compensation or even an apology. However, I would like to say that this concert reflects poorly not only on the organizers and (inevitably) the sponsors, but also on the Vancouver Chinese concert scene in general.
Thank you. |
發表於 2009-1-26 03:03
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I guess Unipage get all the service charge by themselves.... as Unipage and Media One are 一幫人 