From: Jennifer Danielle Madvig
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Nosebleed seats!
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Nosebleed seats are just the opposite of front row. They are usually as
high up in the balcony or tier as one can possibly sit. The name is
derived from the altitude and how it might cause one's "nose to bleed".
It is mostly poking fun that those seats and saying how far up they are.

Jenie Madvig
Bethel College, MN

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Julian Lovegrove wrote:

> I've seen mention several times of 'Nosebleed' seats. For us Brits, could
> you please clarify - does this mean front row seats? I wonder where the term
> originated?
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> Julian Lovegrove (Tenor)
> Maidstone Kent
> England
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