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Re: Drunk at Rehearsal???

Author: VermontJM
Date: 2005-04-23 03:21

I was NOT saying that she can only perform after drinking. This is the only time I have ever seen her arrive to a rehearsal in this form. I simply brought it up to get others impressions and/or ideas of how/if I should make any attempt at addressing it. (Because I think it's ridiculous to come to rehearsal like this.)

As for the whole beta-blocker deal- I was simply commenting on previous threads along this line (substance use/abuse) where I felt that use of substances was being condoned, if not all out supported, by some. This had no real relevance to this particular situation - I was just making a comparison to other posts (which I thought was REALLY clear in my post.)

Do I think this is something that's going to happen often? No.
Am I going to make any issues of it? Nope.
Will I speak directly to her about it? Maybe. (Still trying to decide if it's worth the possible bad response.)
I do think that this will end up working itself out- if she just comes to rehearsal and plays like she should, great. If not, fine- I guess it will work itself out come next season.
There are a LOT of assumptions being made about this- like the driving issue, alcoholism, etc, etc, etc... These are all incorrect- I was simply concerned by the lack of respect and responsibility - that's it. Other than that, she's a good player and nice person.

I think I can sum up what most people have said (more or less, anyway)

*Arriving at rehearsal under the influence of anything is disrespectful to others in the group and one must take responsibility for the job they have to do.
*Talking to her directly would be advisable over going over her to the director. (Both for her and me.)
*Yes, things were blown out of proportion- as far as I know, this is not an abuse problem and she isn't driving anywhere, so she isn't really endangering herself or others. (Other than ticking off people in the ensemble.)
*I agree that the drinking age sucks, but I think it's been made ABUNDANTLY clear that many legal *adults* can't handle drinking - we need to get out of this "more is better" outlook before lower drinking ages. (Everything in moderation!) Regardless, underage drinking's illegal at the moment. (not that that really matters for this situation.)

I seriously never expected this to be such a hot topic. Sorry for the controversy. Reading some of this, I feel like some fists would be coming up if this were a face to face conversation. "Can't we all just get along?!?" I think on a lot of this we have to agree to disagree.

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