| To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>, Subject: Re: A Lesson I Want To Share.......July 27th 1999 Date sent: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:50:42 -0700 Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Well, you did a GREAT deed! I needed to laugh this morning and I cannot stop laughing. Merry, laughing Christmas to you, Bobby and to your wife. Nora -----Original Message----- From: Bob Kravitz To: VOCALIST <vocalist>; bobkravitz-at-earthlink.net Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 12:12 PM Subject: A Lesson I Want To Share.......July 27th 1999
>IN RESPONSE TO LEO MORGAN!!!!!!!! >.........I consider myself an experienced singer who has sung in Philadelphia, >Pa and around the world for the last 20 years,ESPECIALLY SINGING THE NATIONAL >ANTHEM! Well I was asked by " The Welcome America " Staff to sing the Star >Spangled Banner at the Phillies game,in Veterns Stadium....WOW WHAT AN HONOR! >YES,YES, YES........I called my Vocal Coach right away and he told me that he >had sung at the vet. He explained about the Echo problem and to sing straight >throughh it. I listened to what he said. I practiced for a couple of days, Told >everyone I could think of and went on with my business..........The Big Day >Arrived. I took the day off, But instead of relaxing,I did other things that one >should do to catch up when you have a day free.........The time has come to go >to the vet...Do I concentrate and take it as seriously as I should? NOOOOOOOOO, >I performed the Anthem 50 MILLION TIMES.....What`s there to do?? So I talked to >everyone in the waiting room,Was even asked if I wanted a room to warm up and >rehearse...." NO THANKS, I SANG THIS A MILLION TIME BEFORE >"!!!!!!!!............I Was introduced, Went up to the microphone....sang the >first three sentences of the Anthem...6 seconds later, in my ears the HORROR OF >THE ECHO HIT Like I never heard an echo before, and suddenly the words dropped >out of my brain and there I was in one milli second saying to myself...." DON`T >HESITATE,STAY IN VOICE AND SING ANYTHING IN MELODY THAT COMES INTO THAT STUPID >SKULL OF YOURS!!!! Well I sang words to which I still have no Idea what they >were....My wife Susanwas standing by the dugout and mouthed the final two >phrases. I finished and the BOOS STARTED.....I actually got, " DON`T GIVE UP THE >DAY JOB." ( MY VOCATION FOR THE LAST 33 YRS IS A NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE ABC >STATION IN PHILADELPHIA)..........I know that all performers go through >something like this at least once in their Career,BUT THIS CAN BE >AVOIDED.......NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN PERFORMING OR WHAT EXPERIENCES >YOU HAVE HAD,YOU MUST TAKE EVERY PERFORMENCE AS SERIOUSLY AS IF IT WAS YOUR >FIRST EVER PERFORMENCE. IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE AUDIENCE WHEATHER OR NOT THEY PAY >OR GET IN FREE...................Bobby Kravitz, Philly > >> << >> the music had stopped, the accompanist had misplaced a page >> of the score. the poor woman was mortified>> > >
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