[TPIN] Adults playing in student productions

[Dave Lee]

i see both sides of this one....it's certainly ideal to keep this a
"students only" format, BUT the argument can be made that some schools have
a decent enough drama group to put on a musical, but may never have the
necessary talent to do the "pit work" with students only (of course, the
students should never be replaced, only supplemented)....it would be a shame
for drama students to not be able to put on a presentation just because the
instrumental program at that school could not handle the music without
assistance...and isn't that in some way similar to hiring adult accompanists
for solo/ensemble, etc?....just trying to stay balanced....dave lee, austin,
tx

> From: Rich Szabo <rich at richszabo.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:48:35 -0400
> To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Adults playing in student productions
> 
> At 06:33 AM 3/30/2007, mike magers wrote:
> 
>> If students are excluded, I think it defeats the purpose, but if
>> every student who desires to is allowed to participate along side a
>> few adult parents, I don't see a problem.  I have since rotated out
>> of the group, but in my childrens' case, the playing parents were
>> the same ones who were the band and orchestra sponsors.  It was just
>> one more mentor situation, as you say.<<<<<<
> 
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> 
> This is a major pet peeve of mine.
> 
> When I was in high school back in the dark ages we did not have ANY
> adults in the pit orchestra. The orchestra was comprised of ALL
> students. And we had to cut the parts.  Mark Wallendjack can verify
> this as we went to high school together.  We had some killer pit
> bands while we were there. Some of the players weren't up to snuff,
> but we put in the time and sweat to make it happen.
> 
> I think that hiring "ringers" to come in defeats the entire purpose
> of learning an instrument.  You don't see the football team hire
> professionals to fill out the front line do you?  But then again, the
> world has changed.  It's that mind set of instant
> gratification.  Look at the olympics. It used to be ALL amature
> athletes. Now we have the entire NBA and NHL as our olympic teams. It
> disgusts me.
> 
> Stepping off my soapbox and putting on my flame retardant suit.
> 
> Rich Szabo
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