One topic of conversation that came up several times among people at the recent Southeastern Horn Workshop, was the fact that the IU workshop seems to be trying to rip people off, financially.
$50 a night for a shared dorm room???!!!! No meal ticket plan at one of the school cafeterias??!! Not exactly something that will encourage middle class players or college students faced with constantly rising tuitions to attend. The dorm rate for married couples is $44 per person, per night. No bargin there, either. I got a single room at a Howard Johnson Express in Columbus GA for the Southeastern Workshop, and it only cost me $35 a night. Had a fridge, microwave, cable TV, was clean, and I got a free "Continental" breakfast, too. Just an easy five minute drive from the workshop site. Worked for me. Noticed that IU's Natural Horn Workshop and their "Prepare for a College Audition" workshop also seem to have very high fees, at least high to me. I would doubt that the music school has any control on this, (It's probably being run by "Continuing Education") but high costs are not the way to draw in large masses of participants. I'm still planning to go, since I've been saving for it, but I'm not a happy camper about the expense. The Workshop fee, itself, seems fair, given that the cost of everything has risen. However, no provision has been made for a reduced fee for spouses, something that may keep my wife Marilyn (the 8D player) from chosing to attend. As I recall, reduced fees for spouses have been, more or less, traditional. BTW, I tried downloading the IU workshop schedule on both a Mac and a PC. It's in PDF format, and all I get is a bunch of gray lines. Anyone got a copy of the schedule they could send me? Thanks. Wilbert _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
