 One hour before the performance, musicians came onto the stage to sing a ballad (seguidilla) and immediately after an actor or member of the company came on stage to "echar la loa" or "throw out praise" by reciting a loa.Most comedia playwrights (autors) also wrote loas asking the audience for silence in order to enjoy the afternoon of theatre.Loas sometimes did but often didn't have any relation to the full-length play being presented.