Klarinet Archive - Posting 000919.txt from 2003/06

From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Left hand conductors
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:40:28 -0400

Dan, This type must have been an elementary band director at some point.
Our local elementary school band director has been conducting our civic and
university bands in the past several years and he still falls into this trap
sometimes. It is very distracting and he sweats profusely while conducting
like this. Christy

> I rarely worked with one but I don't think it would so disconcerting
> that I was troubled with it. Far more troublesome to me were conductors
> who did parallel beating; i.e., the same beat with both hands and for
> extended periods. It was so wasteful of energy and took away 50% of his
> resources to deal with other hand-gesture matters.
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> Whenever I worked with a parallel beater, I automatically assumed that
> he or she was a klutz. But then again, s/he may have thought me to be a
> klutz.
>
> Dan
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