Klarinet Archive - Posting 000471.txt from 1998/11

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet playing and fever
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:28:32 -0500

I am, just glad to not be sick. Imagine if we were voice majors!
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Mark Charette wrote:

> << No, it's not like other fields, (this from observation), it
> > is, at least to me and many other musicians, more important! >>
> >
> >You make some very good points, but please do not lump everyone else into a
> >less dedicated stereoptype.
>
> It's well-known that actors and singers perform when in pain and/or sick (at
> least well-respected ones - Caruso comes to mind immediately), and in
> athletics it happens all the time - even with broken bones. "The Show Must
> Go On".
>
> Most of the people I've worked with have to be _sent_ home when they're sick
> so they won't infect the rest of us. Maybe I've just been lucky for the last
> 26 years (the total length of my professional work careers).
>
> Mark Charette@-----.org
>
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