Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 1997/01

From: gene keyes <gene@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: instrument learned
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:26:09 -0500

At 03:14 PM 1/21/97 PST, you wrote:
> It makes me cringe to think how many potential virtuosi we've lost because
>Dad or Mom, or the band director, said "No, I don't want you to play (insert
>your desire here) I want you to learn (insert what you got stuck with here.)
>How many kids quit because they got tired of wrestling with a (blank) when
>all they wanted was to play was a (blank.) All you future band directors,
>Moms, and Dads....PAY ATTENTION, DARN IT!!! whew. I feel better now.
>
>yer absolutely right......what difference does it make when you wind up
with a band that has 32 alto saxophones, 29 drummers and 42 flutes?

Gene Keyes
gene@-----.net