Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 2002/01

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Luck or Other?
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:47:19 -0500

Ah, so the merry-go-round has yet again come to town.
If you can, please resist jumping on...

--- ikebders <ikebders@-----.com> wrote:
> You say you are agnostic? I am curious to know if you have read "HIS" book
> (The "Holy Bible"). In the intellectual community one would never make a
> decision against an issue without reading the material. If you have not read
> the book, please give it a try. It is very good literature and perhaps it
> will answer some questions for you. It has been on the best seller list for
> a very long time. The "New Testament" is the easiest to read and contains
> the "GOOD NEWS" so you might start there. Even if you do not believe in God
> or a "higher power" doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Besides the Bible makes
> it pretty clear that He believes in you.
>
> Happy Reading!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert [mailto:LetsReason@-----.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:38 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Luck or Other?
>
>
> How about this? Is it luck or is something going on?
>
> The Air Force, Marine and Army DC bands all had openings in the clarinet
> section with auditions in January. I was hyped to be able to get the chance
> for any of these bands since I am 32 years old and not likely to get another
> shot. I went to Roanoke to visit my family for the holidays and what
> happened?...simply biting a little piece of chapped skin off I got a rather
> painful sore on my lip, just off-center. The little SOB would NOT go away!
>
> It has just healed enough to play (at all) and I have about eight days until
> the auditions begin. Add on top of that, I have a concerto competition to
> play in the very next week after the auditions. Things just are NOT working
> out at all! [Money situation makes repairing my poor
> clarinet--maintenance--nearly impossible before the auditions and
> competition.]
>
> So that is one situation. Last March I was put in a position to make an
> effort to continue teaching for a longer contract or to stop and return to
> school to get my DMA and move to university level teaching. Considering how
> late I was getting started, it did not seem likely, at the onset, that I
> would be able to return to school. But WOW, everything worked out and with
> ease. I was able to audition, make the program and secure the funds for the
> transition. I left the school on good terms and I am now teaching an intro
> to music history class (two sections) and a field experience class for music
> ed majors [just a start...but a start nonetheless].
>
> I had mixed-feelings about quitting my middle-school teaching gig, and
> everything just flowered to make the move into college. I so wanted to win
> a spot in one of the DC bands (odds are I would have--insider prospects) and
> everything seems to be stopping me from even having a chance.
>
> Luck or something else?! [I have recently come to acknowledge that I am
> agnostic. Interesting events though.] Maybe this all for the best in the
> long run, around the curve I cannot see ahead of me yet.
>
> Robert
>
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