I'm through the moon that the strike is over. I hope it ended happily. I will find out when I read the articles you sent.
Thanks for letting us know, John! Conja On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 08:22, John Edwin Mason <[email protected]> wrote: > There has been a lot of bad news in the world of American orchestras over > the last few months, cousins. > > Here's something that will cheer you up: a story, by Mark Stryker, in the > Detroit Free Press about the Detroit Symphony's first post-strike concert: > > "Wow! > > "Orchestra Hall has seen its share of electric performances and thunderous > applause. But in 16 years of attending concerts at this acoustic miracle on > Woodward, I have never heard a volcanic eruption like the one that greeted > the Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians as they took the stage Saturday for > their first performance after a six-month strike. > > "It was less an ovation than a catharsis, a collective expression of the > joy and relief felt by 2,000 people, all standing, hooting and hollering as > if someone just hit a walk-off home run to win the World Series. The DSO is > back. The soul of Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the DSO’s first world-class > conductor, can rest in peace." > > More here: > > http://bit.ly/dZ773c > > > http://www.freep.com/article/20110410/COL17/110410005/Mark-Stryker-DSO-gets-warm-greeting-1st-post-strike-concert-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE > > --John > > ****************************** > John Edwin Mason, Photography: > http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com > Charlottesville and Cape Town > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/conja.summerlin%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
