Klarinet Archive - Posting 000767.txt from 2001/11

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] NEW ? ---(Why Do You Play the Clarinet?)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:00:18 -0500

> I have an 7th grader into the 2nd year of band - She tells
> me, (after many
> payments, $$ spent & private lessons) she doesn't want to
> play next year.
> I think it is because many of her friends "dropped out"
> after their sixth grade year (which also happens to be their
> one and only year)
> I have told her that I have invested a lot into this and will
> NOT let her drop out - Will she
> appreciate this in her future or should I just back off?

This message appeared recently on this list:

<<<I started playing the clarinet in fifth grade, and I hated it! I hated
practicing so much! But I didn't have much of a choice - my mom kept on
pushing me to practice. However, when I got my clarinet overhauled back when
I was a freshman in high school, I started to think differently about the
clarinet. Upon playing one note with my overhauled instrument, I was shocked
at how beautiful the sound was! And since then, I've been loving the
clarinet! I'm so glad that my mom pushed me like crazy (even though I
totally hated it back then).>>>

Good luck.

Ed Lacy
University of Evansville
EL2@-----.edu

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