The music-focused group in which I'm studying held a music event last night. The invitation that one of the group officers sent out specified that the event was intended for country music fans. The evening concert was a one man show presented in a concert hall with Egyptian decor. Upon my arrival to the event, I found 13 attendees where already present, including the owner of my studied group. I was able to identify her since the groups label includes her name. While most of the avatars wore casual or "night club" attire (jeans, collared shirts, mini skirts, and low-cut blouses) , I only found that three people were dressed to fit the country theme that was playing on the live stream. The only avatar that stood out visually was the one furry who had an exaggerated skunk tail that was larger than the rest of it's body.
As the music was playing, two couples, and one single, where dancing. While the single and one couple danced enthusiastically, the remaining couple slow danced through the hour. The owner of the music group was quite involved in the event verbally. She would welcome any new visitors to the concert, gave thanks for each tip given, and responded to most of the comments made in the chat window. Yet, despite her spoken involvement, she remained at the side of the dance floor, never joining the others.
The chatter from the audience was topically based on dark humor. It seemed to be their reaction to the first several songs in the musician's set, which all related to death in some way. The musician would respond to some of the chat history that occurred in between his songs; also thanking individual audience members for their tips. Towards the end of my stay, the audience became very participatory in the musician's song, where the chorus states, "God'll f*** you up." The audience typed the words to the lyrics in attempts to sing along with the musician.
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