-Amy
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To: owhmltn @ infi.net
cc: harp @ MIT.EDU
From: sukijosh @ ix.netcom.com @ UGATE
Date: Tuesday January 21, 1997 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: OH-OH - PANIC! HELP!!!
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Ham & Rita wrote:
>
> To make a very long story short, a family member has requested that I
play > the harp at his wedding, on March 9th. The lovely bride would like
for me to > play the Wedding Song by Kenny G. I don't know it, I've never
heard it, I'm
> not sure I know who Kenny G. is. (I know Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf,
> Beethovan, Bach, Teleman and Sor.) So that's my background. I told them
I'd > check it out and get back to them.
>
> Oh please (see me groveling on the floor?), please help me out. Where can
I > find the music? Can it be played on a lever harp? What am I getting
myself > into? SOB (tear running daintily down one cheek, smudge on right
side of
> nose, eyes glinting with tears)- oh please kind Sir, please kind Madam,
> won't you please spare a farthing for this poor little match girl?
>
> Rita
C'mon, just say NO! Explain that you have not been playing all
that long, and are not at the point where you can do requests in that short
amount of time (fer pete's sake! Six WEEKS???!!!). Explain nicely that
you will be happy to play any of your current repertoire, but learning
a new tune is a huge undertaking at your stage of learning, and you
respectfully decline. DON'T apologize, just explain that this is how it
is. Period. The mental agony is not worth it, and the bride can pay a
professional musician to learn it.
HOPE this helps! Sue Richards