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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000056.txt from 2003/11

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Opera Co. of Brooklyn Does it Again!
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:18:55 -0500

In a message dated 11/12/2003 1:02:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
BssnRX@-----.com writes:
Orchestras are having troubles because they depended so much on corporate
giving in the past and that has dried up in the past couple of years due to the
economy.
Indeed! I have a proposal into Delta Airlines, and the "Giving God" has a 12
second restriction on his voice mail which I assume corresponds to the rise
and fall of Delta stock! Twelve seconds...not even enough time to offer comp
tickets! One might imagine that selling Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi on
period instruments, with all the struggle to respect historical interpretations,
is a sexy sell...nope! It's either politics or passion!

Warm Regards,
Janie
Director of Development
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra