I suppose I'd give the kids the same advice I gave to a woman at my college reunion whose daughter wants to go on the stage: "Don't let the bastards get you down."
Silly me, I was watching "Topsy-Turvy" (Mike Leigh's depiction of the birth of "The Mikado") and Animal Planet last night.
Elizabeth Finkler San Jose, California mightymezzo@h... http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo "This would be a better world for children if the parents had to eat the spinach." --Groucho Marx
>From: Molly McLinden unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Can't help it, I watched >the whole thing and I am hooked. What floored me is how the judges, >supposedly three professionals in music, had absolutely no vocabulary for >explaining vocal technique (usually lack of it), or in expressing what the >contestants did well. A hilarious, Guffman-like show so far. Anyone else >catch it? > >Molly >
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