To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Xmas concert
Date sent: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 12:48:21 -0500
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Leo Morgan wrote:
<<
the music had stopped, the accompanist had misplaced a page
of the score. the poor woman was mortified>>

Oh, dear! The poor accompanist. However, I think it's good to hear about
these things; kind of allows us to realize no matter how bad a situation is,
we can get through it.

I do wonder, though, if you had continued singing and the accompanist had
found the right page, could she have come in and salvaged the piece without
the audience ever knowing you were doing anything other than singing an a
capella solo?

I had a similar situation in h.s. when I played a cornet solo at a state
festival, only my accompanist didn't have any problem.

Ahh, young puppy love! I had a crush on a fellow who had graduated from my
school a couple years earlier and he was attending the music program at that
particular college. He came to hear me play (probably not because it was
me, but because I came from that particular h.s.).

During a lengthy rest my mind wandered to the view outside the window. When
I realized my accompanist had stopped playing, I turned, looked at her and
we commenced as if it had all been planned. To my surprise I received a
first rating while another classmate, with a beautiful voice, received a
second on her (vocal) solo.

I admit, I felt guilty because I thought she naturally deserved a first
place, and after all, I had messed up.

Oh, well. Hope you don't mind my sharing this.

Nancy