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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2003/08

From: Philip McKenzie <philclimb1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 10:33:07 -0400

the cheap seats tend to be filled with the people who get it. the caste system in an orchestra hall, however, is no different than less subtle divisions of the proloteriat found in baseball parks. i live a couple of miles from arlington race track, now owned by churchill downs. there the architecture supports the philosophy of separation between the $0.50 ticket people ($6.00 today) and the monied set, who buy memberships to sit in the restaurant above the crowd. t is called the millionaire club. in the case of the horses, i believe more expertise resides in the lofty seats.

p

Oboeeee@-----.com wrote:

"...you must play for the little fellow in the last row of the balcony who only has fifty cents to pay for a ticket."

-Marcel Tabuteau
Interview with Laila Storch, To the World's Oboists, Volume II, March 1974

Philip McKenzie
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