Other Newsletters '99-'03
2000, January Newsletter
Hello Everybody,
Well I just had to pass this on. We are just five hundred short of
catching ol' Bocelli for the number one spot. If the trio could have
had a real violin player, maybe it would be just a little farther along
by now!
CHART: Current Classical Traditional Page 1 of 1
Week Ending 05/21/00
Wks 2 Last This Curr. Week
On Lbl Weeks Week Week Sales(est)
___ ____ _____ ____ ____ _______ _______
28 PHIL 1 1 1 BOCELLI*ANDREA 4843
SACRED ARIAS
9 SNYC 2 2 2 MA/MEYER/O'CONNOR 4385
APPALACHIAN JOURNEY
11 PHIL 5 4 3 RIEU*ANDRE 1400
100 YEARS OF STRAUSS
25 DBD 3 3 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS 1322
FANTASIA 2000 (SCORE)
3 SNYC 6 7 5 WILLIAMS*JOHN 1158
CLASSIC WILLIAMS
5 ATLG 4 5 6 KRONOS QUARTET 1018
CARAVAN
This all reminds me of a little story I heard;
'A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height
and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts "Excuse
me, can you tell me where I am?" The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air
balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field." "You must work for a record label"
says the balloonist. "I do" replies the man, "How did you know?" "Well," says
the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of
absolutely no use to anyone." The man below says, "Well, you must be a
recording artist." "I am" replies the balloonist, swelling up with pride. "But how
did you know?" "Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where
you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position
you were before we met, but now it's my fault." '
After blaming everybody else and after looking at the rest of this
chart I can't help but share this ludicrous story I read in the paper;
'Classical Music as Punishment
The supreme insult to the field, imposed by a Connecticut "educator"
Classical Music as Punishment
Associated Press
March 22, 2000
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) -- Students committing minor infractions at Eastern
Connecticut State University now face punishment by Puccini. A group of
offenders next month will be force-fed a taste of ``Tosca.''
Kirk Peters, associate dean of student affairs, created a policy that sends
students to an opera or a symphony, rather than slap them with citations or
fines.
Peters said Monday his colleagues initially questioned the Alternative
Restitution Program when it began in the fall.
``Now they are sold on it,'' Peters said. ``It's something the (students) don't
want to do, so I feel it is a penalty. But I feel they are getting something out of
it.''
So far, about 50 students have been ordered to attend classical music
performances for minor offenses including violating a campus ban on alcohol.
Next month, Peters plans to bring the next batch of troublemakers to see
``Tosca,'' Giacomo Puccini's tragic opera about love and betrayal.
Copyright © 2000 The Associated Press'
