Ooh, the accoustics must have been really good in the malls. I can just hear it echoing all around, up and down, everywhere. I was in some of the musicals at my high school, and while our auditorium was really good for music, it was not that good for music and singing at the same time. The instruments tended to overpower the voices, no matter how softly they played. But in band it was quite lovely. Had some good times at my high school. We used to do this 24-Hour Play-a-thon to raise money for band. Sometimes the badn would play, and the rest of the time was taken up with individuals on certain instruments or voice. I remember playing piano in a nearly empty auditorium sometime around 3 in the morning. So lovely. I much rather like playing for myself than for others.