Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 1996/02

From: Gary Van Cott <mccmis@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Mr. Holland: Insidious Propaganda
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 19:32:15 -0500

> Hmm... I believe all those things, I just thought the film seemed to
> say it doesn't matter if we fight, the arts will be cut anyway. I
> can hardly wait 'til I have kids so I can jump up and down at school
> board meetings to demand support for the arts...
>
Hasn't this already happened in California to some extent. I was
visiting my parents in Santa Rosa a few years ago (probably 1994) and
there was an article in the paper about a controversy surrounding the
local youth orchestra.

Apparently, the orchestra had a new conductor who had cut the section
sizes to the normal orchestral proportions (for example, four flutes
or less instead of twelve). While he had promised to organize other
musical groups for the kids who had been cut, there was a great outcry
from the parents. The basis of their concern was that the programs in
schools had been cut so much that their children hardly had a chance
to play.

Gary
Las Vegas, NV
mccmis@-----.com