Hello ARdith,   
      
   On Tue 2039-Jan-04 22:42, Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
   RW>  Reminds me of a story, my own jh band days.  GUy   
   RW>  sitting next to me in the trumpet section   
      
   AH>           In the second or third row, I would imagine... meaning the   
   AH> conductor couldn't easily see what your friend was doing with his   
   AH> feet.    
      
   YEp, iirc we were third row.   
      
      
   AH>           Fermata....  :-)   
      
   YEah that's right, think I was pre coffee when I spelled it   
   originally, which is why I noted it.  I haven't read a piece of sheet music of   
   any kind now since the '80's  and then it   
   was part of the process of my wife and I copping something   
   from library of congress braille music collection to our   
   own, which mean a hand transcription.  I usually got to do   
   the dictation, wife do the transcription part iirc.   
      
   RW>  BD is a big loud guy and does the red faced rage   
   RW>  bit quite well.   
      
      
   AH>           In the past it was not uncommon, especially at junior high   
   AH> level.  I soon discovered as the first female band teacher in xxx   
   AH> community that some of my students didn't take me seriously unless I   
   AH> lowered my annoyance threshold & left them in no doubt about where   
   AH> they stood.  If & when they had been with me for a year or two I   
   AH> could relax & open up a bit, as could they... [grin].    
      
   RIght, but this guy was a bit too intense for most junior   
   high situations.  HE was truly one of those musician's   
   musician types, played half a dozen different instruments,   
   and all of them very well, etc.   
      
      
   RW>  Band director hears my explanation and apologizes   
   RW>  to the fellow, in front of the entire band.   
      
   AH>           Although he & his wife may have judged this situation too   
   AH> hastily, I think it's to his credit that he recognized his error &   
   AH> made his apology where the other band members could hear it.  A   
   AH> great lesson for all concerned.  :-))    
      
   YEp, and part of that was his admission that he should have   
   expected that I'd work out an alternative signaling   
   arrangement with my neighbors and been able to put two and   
   two together.  I think he was a bit disappointed that his   
   wife didn't correlate one action with another.   
      
   REgards,   
      
   Richard   
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