Klarinet Archive - Posting 000919.txt from 1998/12

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Cynthia's Christmas Concert
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 22:07:47 -0500

Paulette,
Couldn't agree with you more!! God, people sure are trashy these days.
Even we Canadians have succumed to "creaping Gerry Springerism."
Ed Maurey
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> From: Paulette W. Gulakowski <pollyg@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Cynthia's Christmas Concert
> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 10:20 AM
>
> Same things happen here. The only thing that seems to work is to keep
> the auditorium ABSOLUTELY DARK! If you're in a gym, I guess you're out
> of luck.
> My daughter just graduated from college. At the ceremony last Sunday,
> many members of the audience (limited seating yet) stomped, whistled and
> cheered for particular graduates (doctoral, masters, & baccalaureate)
> etc. Even though asked not to, some people even ran up to take photos at
> the diaz during the proceedings. I noticed a general ethnic difference
> between those who did and those who didn't. This is the same in the
> "amateur" audiences I've been in.
> Exuberance, carelessness/inconsideration/disrespect, cultural variable
> expectation? Quien sabe. I wouldn't presume to guess.
> Paulette
>
> On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:28:13 EST MilkMan327@-----.com writes:
> >The other night I had the opportunity to attend my daughters junior
> >high
> >Christmas concert (2nd year clarinet student). I have been a musician,
> >in one
> >form or another, (student-pro-retired) since 1964, and never have I
> >been more
> >embarrassed. After the beginning band finished their program, the
> >intermediate
> >band had the opportunity to play. This unfortunately gave the chance
> >for
> >parents to come down and talk to their children in the beginning band.
> >Not
> >only did the parents come to talk, but also sisters, brothers and
> >grandparents. This all happened during the remainder of the concert!
> >After
> >the intermediate band finished, one parent even brought a new-born
> >down to sit
> >with the clarinet section for a few minutes.
> > Does anyone out there have some way to teach a small town
> >(15,000) about the
> >rudiments of concert etiquette?
> > Please help!
> >
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