Walk the right way
In one of my choirs, the conductor was giving instructions on how to take the stage during the concert. He said “walk to the risers, taking only right angled turns, then walk along the floor, parallel to the risers until you reach your spot, turn again at a right angle and climb in the steps into your position.”
I can’t speak for the sopranos or altos because they went in before the tenors and basses, and so I couldn’t see whether they did this as well, but… The tenors and basses collectively decided that rather than following the risers, which were arranged in a wider open \ _ / shape, and “walking straight” along them, we would take several turns at right angles.
He was amused, but not pleased. 229