If the whole "row" broke up, it wasn't really a whisper, was it?
Does your church not have pews?
No, it didn’t have pews, because it wasn’t a canonical church: it was a multipurpose parochial facility. And it was a “stage whisper.”
But don’t worry, it wasn’t nearly as much of a disruption as the time our #4 child had a Diaper Disaster during Mass at that parish, in the front row, dripping on my feet and those of the person next to me.