Jetmech hit on something we have been dancing around,

"makes perfect since to me to have at least a maiden flight on an aircraft before it is flown in front of a large crowd that can be present at events"

I believe the core of what SC#4 is talking about
is not whether you fly in front of 3 people calling themselves a rainy sanctioned/promoted "Event" or "Display",
but that we shouldnt maiden in front of 200 folks,
not even that crowd 6 minutes before some "event" officially "starts".

It seems obvious SC#4 is not thinking it is safer to maiden in front of 200 folks at 8:26 than at 8:30 Event Start,
but that it is safer to maiden when there is not a larger gathering of folks than 'normal'