The attendance for Wednesday night's' President's Concert by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at the Show Me Center was 1,513. The total seats available were 2,908.
The orchestra drew 1,712 persons in its previous appearance in 1990. The Nashville Symphony drew an audience of 1,737 in December 1990.
In 1991, 2,811 patrons attended a "Nutcracker" performed by the Tulsa Ballet Theatre, and last year 512 people heard a concert by the Kansas City Symphony.
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