Klarinet Archive - Posting 000981.txt from 1995/10

From: John Baetens <jsbtens@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Sound of America details
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 20:56:49 -0400

At 06:44 AM 10/26/95 -0400, Nate wrote:

>It looks like a few of us student musicians here are interested in the Sound
>of America honor band, so let me tell you all about it....

>...You'll stay in great hotels -- all air conditioned! Other student tours
>often times put you up in other people's houses which would really suck.
>Imagine having to stay overnight in some foreign family's home! I think that
>would be really weird.
>
>The countries you'll visit, and the cultures you experience, truly make the
>trip worthwhile....

The above two paragraphs sound a bit diametrically opposed. I can't imagine
a better way to experience a different culture than to spend some time in
a foreign family's home. Or better put, to spend some time as a foreigner
in someone else's home.

John Baetens