From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:201712042335512340-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > The local AFM union would be a start.   
      
   I'm sure they have their own support systems.   
      
   > Not very likely.  Big band is a genre all its own.   
      
   Definitely. There's a radio program on the same station that has the old   
   time radio show, "Those Were The Days" in my area that also has, right   
   after the old time radio program, a program called "Midwest Ballroom", that   
   features big bands...but I just don't get into it ;)   
      
   > No, I was calling it " my concert " as a way to distinguish it from the   
   > concert my cousin went to ( the church thing )   
      
   Oh, okay ;)   
      
   > I was about 20 rows back center of the hall.   
      
   No problem at that distance but for those actually playing in the orchestra   
   or big band, it's a lot louder.   
      
   > It's not something you can just sit down to and " crank it up ".  Well,   
   > you might manage that by luck right before you fry all the speaker arrays   
   > :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   Depends on the individual. Some Idiot will usually take the   
   bull-in-the-china-shop approach, crank up and blow everything up, but a   
   gentle touch is always the best way to go.   
   The same kind of situation is also common when inviting the general public   
   to look through telescopes at star parties - so many want to hug the   
   telescope and/or pretend that it's a periscope or something, usually   
   knocking it off target and/or out of focus whereas the proper way is to   
   approach it Carefully with one's eye only, and then only after looking and   
   finding it could be better focused, gently using two or three fingers on the   
   focuser. Same thing with hovering a helicopter, a gentle touch, literally,   
   usually with three fingers on the top of the cyclic to make very delicate   
   adjustments.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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