Classical Flashback

I was driving home from the temple last night listening to the local classical music station. They were playing a piece from Beethoven's Opera Leonore. It was a live performance and on several occasions someone in the audience coughed. I felt pain for the poor person because I've been there. During college a group of us went to see Jesus Christ Superstar. I was fighting a cold and tried to cough only during the loud parts. Unfortunately, my timing was off and I coughed incredibly loud one beat after the crescendo. It was so embarrassing, especially when several audience members laughed. I'm just relieved my mishap wasn't at a recorded performance. Otherwise, my cough would be documented for posterity, and that would be uber embarrassing.