Klarinet Archive - Posting 000212.txt from 2010/06

From: "Williams, Kathy" <Kathy.Williams@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Music verses Sport
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:36:06 -0400

Hi

Perhaps it is my wry Australian sense of humour, but while I was watching a game of Rugby League live at the ground, where my team played abominably and lost, not helped by appalling refereeing, it set me to wondering, why is it that a sportman can make a miriad of mistakes in a game/match, and still have a job the next week, yet if an orchestral musican, or perhaps soloist, makes only a couple of mistakes in a concert, they are shown the door? Music and sport are both forms of entertainment, yet there seems such an inequality. I would welcome more discussion on this issue.

Also, given symphony orchestra concerts in my hometown are less than fully sold out, perhaps we should take a leaf from the cinemas who have gold class, reclining chairs, food and drink on demand, we could rip out some of the seats and do the same. I would certainly come back to the concert hall, if I didn't have to pay 50 bucks to sit in a tiny cramped chair, in a half empty concert hall, having to queue up at interval for my drink, and generally not having any sort of contact or interaction with the performers.

That is my two cents, I can't wait to hear what everyone has to say.

Kind regards

Kathy Williams
Customer Service Delivery Consultant
Customer Service Delivery
Customer Care, Telstra Enterprise and Government
Telstra Corporation Limited 1800 025 222

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