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From:  "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
Date:  Tue Apr 11, 2000  7:34 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Age limits (wasOPERA: Met Regional Auditions, )


>From: "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" <DCLARK@r...>
>
>Jennifer wrote:
>
> >>Well, that's my rant for the day. But I'm not bitter :o), just
>determined...
>I'm no less worthy of opportunities than I was before my birthday several
>weeks ago, and if the (fill in the blank) people who set these stupid age
>limits won't give me a chance, I'll just have to make my own opportunities.

And Dr. Diane replied:
>
>You got it, Baby! That's my song, as well, and I'm several decades older
>than
>you! :) Life is always about making our own opportunities. The sooner we
>realize that nothing is going to be handed to us on a silver platter, the
>sooner we can get about the business of doing what we came here to do in
>the
>first place! Upward and onward!!!
>

Well said (as usual)! I figure if the Met doesn't want me just because I've
decided to have my adolescence NOW (when I can enjoy it), it's their loss.

Elizabeth Finkler
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"People who are nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children."
--Calvin

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