<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>As most of you know, I play handbells. Last year I was given a shop/off= ice that is big enough to set up 3 octave set of handbells. For those of you tha= t are not familiar with this, my shop is so big, that this requires and area o= f about 20' by 8', and I still have enough room left over for my desk, work benches and cabinets, and to set up a grand piano. But never mind about that= . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With the handbells set up all the time, I had the opportunity to practi= ce a lot, and so I decided to put on a recital at the music school. On the progra= m I played 8 solos, my wife and I played 6 duets, with a friend from church= a trio, and I had the Crimson Ringers, the student handbell ensemble which I direct, play 2 pieces.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The recital was last Thursday, and it went very well. We had a very appreciative audience of about 70 people show up. But the audience was made = up of people from my church, the community chorus my wife and I sing in, and ot= her people from the community. But as far as I know, there were no School of Mus= ic faculty in the audience. I had sent out an invitation to all the faculty and= staff, and there were posters all around the building announcing the recital= , but not one of them showed up. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can understand that handbells are not for everyone, and I know there = were some faculty members that were out of town or had other obligations. But you= would think that out of 40 people, one or two of them would have the time to= come and hear the recital. On the one hand I am grateful for the people that= did show up, but on the other hand, I am somewhat disappointed with the lack of support from the faculty. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have any of you had a similar experience?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>