Klarinet Archive - Posting 001162.txt from 1998/12

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Standing ovations
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:27:52 -0500

Maybe the moon moved from Virgo, where it was square Pluto, the first
night, to Libra, where it was in trine with Venus on the second night.
Carl Schexnayder

DS Wrote:
What I have understood so far about this discussion is that if there is
no standing ovation the perfomance was not good. Although Neil did
mention, in so many words, that different people have different tastes.
I have been to less than entertaining performances and also stood just
because everyone else did. But this is from the standpoint of the
audience. As a performer I don't understand how you can perform the
same exact concert one night with no response (which indicates a poor
performance) then perform the same concert the following night and have
people clapping along with the songs and not having prepared enough
encores. There was a total of 1200 total attendance for two nights. I
agree with the idea that you shouldn't feel forced to applaud or stand
after a concert, but as a performer how can you tell if it was really
bad or the entire audience was stoned when they arrived.

DS

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