I went a bluegrass concert the other night. Two very well known and highly respected bands performed. But during the opening act I was distracted by two of the band members chewing gum through their portion of the show. Am I wrong to think this wasn't professional behavior? I was alittle suprised that the band leader allowed it.

This wasn't a parking lot picking jam. Or a blues band playing in a honky-tonk somewhere. It was a sit down concert in a very nice concert hall. A "formal" performance if you will. One of the members even chewed to the beat. Very distracting. And downright odd looking. They were still chewing gum when they came back for an encore with the headliner. Both bands had a table with water bottles on stage so it wasn't like they were suffering from cottonmouth. Should the stage be off limits for gum chewing?