Klarinet Archive - Posting 000462.txt from 1995/12

From: Karl Krelove <KClarinet@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: "New York" exit
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 22:45:03 -0500

In a message dated 95-12-10 21:59:05 EST, you write:

David Niethamer wrote:
>BTW, those ovations (before they ever *get* to the conductor and his
>acknowledgement of the orchestra) can go on for quite a while if the
>claques are going strong that night. And I'd give my right arm (or maybe
>just the chance at an ovation) to get out of the Lincoln Center garage
>before the entire audience turns it to gridlock/pollution city.

David,
I don't know the Lincoln Center parking areas at all so this may sound
naive, but is there no place in the parking system that could be reserved as
artist parking that would either have its own exit or be close enough to the
public exits to at least get performers to the front of the line? This seems,
mundane as it may sound to anyone who doesn't put up with post-concert
traffic as a normal working condition, like something that ought to come up
at the negotiating table. With all the other protections that have been
written into the contracts of major (and even not so major) ensembles over
the decades, I'd think guaranteed parking and reasonable post-concert egress
in a place like NYC would be legitimate bargaining positions.
Just a thought.