Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 1999/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] jazz band .
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:46:36 -0400

At 01:55 AM 9/7/1999 -0700, Patty Smith wrote:
>Greetings to all,
>I just have to make one small comment:
>I find males in tuxes elegant, professional and classy. However, call me
>old fashioned, or something else, I still feel women should wear a floor
>length dress, or a white shirt/black skirt ensemble, with perhaps a colored
>velvet vest... Perhaps it is the fact that I spent nearly 14 years having
>to perform dressed as a man, I don't know. I prefer dress for concerts to
>be different for women than for men. The "uniform" look for both men and
>women has been taken way too far in recent years. (Witness the ridiculous
>look in fleet sailors' uniforms for both men and women; all fleet bands are
>outfitted this way. The people in the D.C. and Naval Academy bands are
>fortunate enough not to have to put up with this nonsense)
>This has nothing to do with politics, but everything to do with the fact
>that men and women are different and there is nothing wrong with admitting
>to that truth, at least in choice of clothing.
>
The object of uniforms is, of course UNIFORMITY. Concert dress does not
necessarily have to be uniform. In the jazz band case we were discussing,
the object is surely to present a unified appearance, whether in tuxes or
not. The expense of having to maintain a separate group of
alternately-tailored uniforms drives the decision. And since more women
can wear men's clothes than men can (or will) wear women's clothes, the nod
goes to men's outfits. Fiscal reality trumps biology every time! :-)

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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