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Anonymous wrote:If it was a daytime performance her outfit was inappropriate. Never too early to teach children how to dress properly for every occasion. A pretty dress with sparkly flats are more for daytime performances.

Better to be overdressed than in leggings and sweat pants like the rest of class.

In this case, no, leggings or sweats would have been more practical and appropriate. It's a daytime demonstration concert for elementary kids. Not the red carpet at the oscars.

It’s a symphony performance in a concert hall, not an instrument petting zoo at the library.

An elementary student wearing a fancy dress to this is adorable and appropriate. In a time where people are wearing pajamas in public and look frumpy always, it is so nice to see anyone dress up for anything.

No. This is a school day. Because they're in a group, and presumably using buses, heels and long skirts on a little girl who is unused to them are not the most practical items. She'll have to wear them all day, or change.

The elementary trip to see an orchestra in action is a glorified petting zoo, truly. Maybe you have a strange idea of "SYMPHONY IN A CONCERT HALL" because you never go to classical music concerts? The musicians do this every year, it's super casual.

When YOU bring YOUR kid to the sYmphOny, sure, dress her as fancy as you want! That would be appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:It isn't a competition but I too would be annoyed by someone being so extra. It's unnecessarily attention seeking and makes the day about that kid's outfit when it should be about the field trip. If I were the teacher or the guide at the symphony, I also would have been annoyed.

Our school requires kids to wear standard uniforms on field trips for safety. I have mixed feelings about uniforms generally (ours are very drab and it does bum my very creative, colorful kid out to have to wear so much black and gray) but they do have a lot of upsides and one of them is that kids' clothes tend not to be the focus most of the time, which leaves space for other stuff (like education, friendships, experiences) to take center stage.

Appropriate or not, but why would you get annoyed by what another child is wearing?! This is just bizarre.

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Anonymous wrote:It isn't a competition but I too would be annoyed by someone being so extra. It's unnecessarily attention seeking and makes the day about that kid's outfit when it should be about the field trip. If I were the teacher or the guide at the symphony, I also would have been annoyed.

Our school requires kids to wear standard uniforms on field trips for safety. I have mixed feelings about uniforms generally (ours are very drab and it does bum my very creative, colorful kid out to have to wear so much black and gray) but they do have a lot of upsides and one of them is that kids' clothes tend not to be the focus most of the time, which leaves space for other stuff (like education, friendships, experiences) to take center stage.

Appropriate or not, but why would you get annoyed by what another child is wearing?! This is just bizarre.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it was a daytime performance her outfit was inappropriate. Never too early to teach children how to dress properly for every occasion. A pretty dress with sparkly flats are more for daytime performances.

Better to be overdressed than in leggings and sweat pants like the rest of class.

In this case, no, leggings or sweats would have been more practical and appropriate. It's a daytime demonstration concert for elementary kids. Not the red carpet at the oscars.

It’s a symphony performance in a concert hall, not an instrument petting zoo at the library.

An elementary student wearing a fancy dress to this is adorable and appropriate. In a time where people are wearing pajamas in public and look frumpy always, it is so nice to see anyone dress up for anything.

My kid is going to school trip to Strathmore this year. We have not heard any info yet. I have a boy, so it will be jacket, sweatpant and sneakers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it was a daytime performance her outfit was inappropriate. Never too early to teach children how to dress properly for every occasion. A pretty dress with sparkly flats are more for daytime performances.

Better to be overdressed than in leggings and sweat pants like the rest of class.

In this case, no, leggings or sweats would have been more practical and appropriate. It's a daytime demonstration concert for elementary kids. Not the red carpet at the oscars.

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids to support people who are excited about what they’re wearing.

Teach your kid to not make every single thing about themselves, and to not always have to "top" everyone around them with their appearance.

It isn't a competition but I too would be annoyed by someone being so extra. It's unnecessarily attention seeking and makes the day about that kid's outfit when it should be about the field trip. If I were the teacher or the guide at the symphony, I also would have been annoyed.

Our school requires kids to wear standard uniforms on field trips for safety. I have mixed feelings about uniforms generally (ours are very drab and it does bum my very creative, colorful kid out to have to wear so much black and gray) but they do have a lot of upsides and one of them is that kids' clothes tend not to be the focus most of the time, which leaves space for other stuff (like education, friendships, experiences) to take center stage.

Is that the MCPS trip to Strathmore? Regardless, it's pretty laughable to send your young child dressed like that on a school trip. Tripping on the many stairs at the venue or coming off the schoolbus is a real possibility.

I have a child who is a pre-professional musician. Our lives revolve around concerts and competitions and rehearsals and practice rooms. I need to buy her the appropriate clothing for when she's in the orchestra (dressy black), and when she's the soloist (fancy, other colors, with restrictions due to instrument), and of course we dress nicely when we're the audience.

I can guarantee that no one wants or expects young children to be well-dressed for a daytime, casual demo of what an orchestra sounds like! The musicians will not be impressed.

Really really. This isn't the fond parents taking Snowflake to the Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center in December.

Teach your kids to support people who are excited about what they’re wearing.

Anonymous wrote:If it was a daytime performance her outfit was inappropriate. Never too early to teach children how to dress properly for every occasion. A pretty dress with sparkly flats are more for daytime performances.

Better to be overdressed than in leggings and sweat pants like the rest of class.

If it was a daytime performance her outfit was inappropriate. Never too early to teach children how to dress properly for every occasion. A pretty dress with sparkly flats are more for daytime performances.

That sounds adorable and your DD had the right response. Focus on appreciation and not jealousy next time.

Competing for what??

Am I supposed to be competing with the mom who sent their child on a school field trip to the symphony in a large puffy gown, with a velvet shrug, gloves and high heels in elementary?

My DD was very impressed herself!