Klarinet Archive - Posting 000315.txt from 1997/01
From: Kimberly Joan Kriston <kjk0003@-----.EDU> Subj: Re: A point to ponder for Jennifer and others Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:30:51 -0500
On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Michael D. Moors wrote:
> I learned to play clarinet because so many females played it!!!
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> Mike Moors
very cute, mike. :-)
-sassy (kim)
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> At 11:11 AM 1/21/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >> I have a few
> >> questions, actually. Is it just me, or are a majority of you males? Is
> >> there a reason why a lot of the clarinet players are males? (I'm not sexist
> >> at all, I'm just curious!)
> >
> >when i was first starting an instrument, i wanted to play the trombone.
> >my parents said "that's no instrument for a young lady!" and chose the
> >clarinet for me. as a result, it took me years to learn to love it,
> >though i do now, of course.
> >
> >so at least in Ohio in the 1950's, there was a perception that clarinet
> >was a girls' instrument.
> >
> >
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