Dear Ed, It is certainly sad news that Dawn Culbertson has died. I never met her, but I enjoyed reading her contributions to this list. She combined a love of the lute and its music with common sense. Typical was her attitude to piped music in public places, expressed in her message to this list on 16th May 2001. This is what she wrote:
"In my case, it depends. I have no objection to some pleasant background music (live, preferably) playing at a restaurant or cafe, or at an event like an art opening or reception. But I don't like whatever system of thinking believes that there must be music on at all times, everywhere. I don't see the point of music, particularly loud, obnoxious music, playing at malls, stores, banks or while you're on hold. And I think someone ought to outlaw the playing of canned music in between sets of live music anywhere. I've NEVER been able to figure out the mentality behind that. (In fact, that happened at one restaurant where I've played--the minute I put down my lute for a 5" break, some idiot would turn on the CD player and out would come Tori Amos, Cuban music or jazz. I have no objection to any of these three but not under those circumstances! And why did the people that worked there think the patrons would object to 5 minutes of silence between my sets? I can't figure that out for the life of me.)" I had read that particular message yesterday morning, browsing through her e-mails in my computer archives. I remembered it later that evening, while playing guitar in a Nottingham pub. As soon as we stopped playing for a short break, someone switched on a CD. May she rest in peace. Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: Dawn Culbertson > To all on the lute list, > > It gives me great sadness to announce to the lute net that Dawn Culbertson > passed away. She was a contributor to this list occasionally, was a > lutenist in the Baltiomore area, and was a current board member of the lute > Society of America. > > I liked Dawn very much, and I recall spending time with her this summer at > the LSA festival in Cleveland. She loved the lute, and was kind and > enthusiastic person. > > I do not know what else to say, other than I am very sad about it. > > Ed Martin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
