Date sent: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:49:52 EST
Subject: Re: Am I TOO OLD?
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 1/17/2000 5:17:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
Plvdijk-at-iafrica.com writes:

> I am 41 years old; and when I was in my 20s, I did a great deal of good
> >singing, at least for my age at that time. I was a member of a national
> >opera company apprentice program for two years; sang some Despinas and
> other
> >roles nationally and in tours, and then got "busy" (see "sidetracked" in
> >your Funk&Wagnalls) raising a family. Now that my children are 8, 10 and
12,
>
> >I want to sing again.


Yes, you are too old.

After all, in ten years you will be 51, no matter whether you sing again or
don't. Since the age 51 (or 61 in twenty years or 71 in thirty years) is
pre-ordained, don't sing and just grow old gracefully, sitting somewhere in a
rocking chair. And then you will be able to say, at age 71, "Boy, am I glad
that I didn't start singing at age 41, 30 years ago. I was much too old."

This will make you very happy.