Klarinet Archive - Posting 000948.txt from 1997/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Well, here we go again
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 23:59:39 -0400

At 11:13 PM 9/19/97 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:

>The Peoria Symphony Orchestra in Peoria, IL is celebrating its 100th
>anniversary this year. It is quite a statistic. I wonder why we don't
>sound as good as Chicago?? Just kidding.......small town
>comparatively....
>
I did not realize that Illinois was such an early hotbed of orchestral
activity! The Belleville Philharmonic (my old home town's orchestra) was
supposed to be the second-oldest PHILHARMONIC orchestra in the country.
Second to New York? I don't know. And I assume the New Yorkers are paid
now anyway.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.