<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" 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=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/30/2006 4:44:14 PM Central Standard Time, dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We just got a $500,000 donation to redo all of our practice rooms this summer to reduce sound transfer from room to room and to make the rooms acoustically better (better air flow and climate control too.)  It will be interesting to see how that will change the perception of voicing in those little rooms.  It’s going to make for a chaotic summer though!  <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">dp<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Did you have carpet on the floors in these rooms? Will you have them in the "new and improved" rooms? I think that makes a big difference. That along with Drywall walls, instead of cinder blocks or concrete. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>