Maybe slightly off topic, but I just got in from seeing Ex Cathedra performing Handel's Messiah at Birmingham symphony hall, an absolutely amazing performance.
There were 70 people on stage, that's singers and the baroque orchestra, all highly trained, talented and experienced musicians and singers, everyone had music stands in front of them, except the choir, they were holding their music.
It's the music that counts, you either listen to it, or dance to it, who gives a **** whether the musician has a music stand with anything on it !