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lem seeing over the heads of the rest of the audience, Bomberger noted. A raked floor makes it easy to see the stage from anywhere in the room.
—Permanent seating. It now takes “an inordinate amount of time” to put up chairs before a play or assembly, according to Bomberger. This means the auditorium is not used as often as it might be if it weren’t so time consuming to get it ready.
Bomberger carefully noted that he was not opposed to a form of “convertible seating” that would allow use of the same area for a study hall or music classroom but the seats should definitely be attached. The only exception, he suggested, might be a detachable section in an orchestra pit area; the chairs
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