Getting good seats?

[Jennifer Piersol]

--- In HP4GU-California at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> Hi all --
> I don't know how many of you frequent alt.fan.harry-potter,
> but there's currently a discussion there about that since seats
> are not assigned in American theatres (they are in the UK?),
> an early arrival may be a good idea lest we get the worst seats
> in the house.  How does this sound to everybody, and how
> early do you think we should go in and grab seats?
> 
> 
> 
>                          -- Dave

Well, from the schedule (and my assumption that it's playing on 3 
screens), it looks like they're leaving about 45 minutes between 
shows.  This makes a lot of sense, because they're going to need at 
least 15 minutes to clean the theater, and then 30 minutes to stuff 
it full of people.  We can pick up our tickets from the box office 
*any* time that day, so we won't need to wait in line at the ticket 
booth, but the big lines are going to be outside the theater waiting 
to grab a seat.  For the first showing, at least, we should have a 
designated group of "delegates" waiting outside the theater to wave 
down members, and a designated group of "seat holders" who get there 
early enough to get at the front of any lines and can save some 
seats for us.  It's usually okay for someone to save a seat or two - 
everyone has the right to get popcorn and go potty - especially 
before a 2 1/2 hour movie. ;)

My suggestion: if we're bringing a date (I'm going to have someone 
with me for both shows), we can send our dates in to save seats, and 
we members can stand outside for any stragglers.  Any better ideas?  
Should we just have a "sign-up" for seat savers and people greeters?

Jen