<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I thought I'd forward this that = came to our faculty this morning.<DIV>Jeff</DIV><DIV>U of = SC<BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: = </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Joseph Eller <<A = href="mailto:jeller@mozart.sc.edu">jeller@mozart.sc.edu</A>></FONT></= DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 1, 2005 3:22:30 PM = EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A = href="mailto:music@mozart.sc.edu">music@mozart.sc.edu</A></FONT></DIV><D= IV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><B>Fwd: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast</B></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR = class="Apple-interchange-newline"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Colleagues,</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">This is a forwarded message from the Dean of the LSU = school of music regarding the situation at LSU as it pertains to the = hurricane aftermath.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> = </SPAN>Given many of you have LSU ties, as I do, I thought you may be = interested in reading it.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> = </SPAN>Very sad. <SPAN = class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Joe<SPAN = class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Begin = forwarded message:</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"D. Ray McClellan" <<A = href="mailto:mccleldr@uga.edu">mccleldr@uga.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV= style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: = </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">August 31, 2005 1:03:55 PM EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Joseph = Eller <<A = href="mailto:jeller@mozart.sc.edu">jeller@mozart.sc.edu</A>>, = "Erica S. McClellan" <<A = href="mailto:mcclellans@charter.net">mcclellans@charter.net</A>>, = Timothy Shafer <<A = href="mailto:tps1@psu.edu">tps1@psu.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" = style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><B>Fwd: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast</B></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">tragic</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Begin forwarded message:</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">From: = Donald Lowe <<A = href="mailto:dlowe@UGA.EDU">dlowe@UGA.EDU</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Date: August 31, 2005 12:59:47 PM EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">To: <A = href="mailto:UGASOM-FACULTY@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU">UGASOM-FACULTY@LISTSERV.UG= A.EDU</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Subject: Fwd: Re: [NAMESU] = Gulf Coast</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Reply-To: Donald Lowe <<A = href="mailto:dlowe@UGA.EDU">dlowe@UGA.EDU</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dear = Colleagues,</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">I am providing the note below regarding the situation = in</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Louisiana.<SPAN = class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The note is from the Dean of = LSU School of Music.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">I thought you might appreciate the personal = insights.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Best,</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Don</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">---- Original message ----</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Date: = Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:28:02 -0500</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">From: = Ronald D Ross <<A = href="mailto:rross@lsu.edu">rross@lsu.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Subject: Re: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">To: <A = href="mailto:NAMESU@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU">NAMESU@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU</A></F= ONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">John et al.:</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Conditions "on the ground" = are actually worse than what you</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">see on CNN,</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">etc. On local news last = night, one of Louisiana's</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">congressmen predicted</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">there would soon be 100,000 = "refuges" from the flood and</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">devastation</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">deposited in Baton Rouge. = Many of them will be accommodated</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">on LSU's campus</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">(at the Pete Maravich = Assembly Center [basketball facility,</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">known locally</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">as the "PMAC"], old = Fieldhouse, natatorium, etc.). No one is</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">being allowed</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">back in = New Orleans. Baton Rouge is the closest major</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">metropolitan = area.</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">People = who made it to Texas or farther west or north, will</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">travel back</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">through = Baton Rouge only to find that they will not be</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">allowed very = far</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">down = I-10. So, they will come back to Baton Rouge. Others</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">who left New</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Orleans = stopped here first. Motel and hotel rooms in this</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">city were thus</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">filled = two days before the Hurricane hit. Baton Rouge</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">hospitals are</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">accepting = the overflow of patients from New Orleans, even</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">for routine</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">treatments (radiation therapy, etc.).</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Classes = will not resume at LSU and at other university</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">campuses in = this</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">region = until after Labor Day, at the earliest. Schedules</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">(concerts, = plays,</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">doctoral exams) will be affected. We must adopt a = flexible</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">approach = to</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">moving = through the rest of the fall semester.</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I don't = wish to make light of any of this, because it is</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">absolutely</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">devastating. But, to give you an idea of the seriousness = of</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">the = situation,</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">the opening LSU football game was postponed. Part of = the</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">reason = for this</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">decision was that many of the football players are = from the</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">New = Orleans</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">metropolitan area. Their families had to evacuate the = city</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">and = environs.</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Many are living with their sons/football players in = the</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">latters' = dorms,</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">eating with them in the cafeterias. It is difficult to = focus</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">on = strategies</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">for "the game" when your family has lost everything it = has</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">ever = owned. The</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">enormity of the grief and displacement is just = beginning to</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">settle = in.</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have not heard from or = about Ed Kvet or David Swanzy, Ed's</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">predecessor as</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">dean at Loyola (and a = personal friend of mine for almost 40</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">years). I can</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">only hope they got out = before the storm hit. It is useless</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">trying to</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">contact anyone. Cell phone = service is unreliable. Land lines</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">are down.</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Internet service is spotty. = We were advised yesterday to</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">stay off the cell</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">phones so that emergency = personnel could use them. Sending</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">text messages is</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">a = possibility.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">There are 4,000 power line men and women moving into = South</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Louisiana, by</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">the caravans. We are advised to stay off the = major</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">thoroughfares so that</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">these energy trucks and tree = removal teams can move about</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">unimpeded.</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hundreds of thousands of = people are still without power.</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Some South</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Louisiana parishes are = totally under water. The water</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">continues to rise in</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">New Orleans because of = breaks in the levee, allowing Lake</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Ponchartrain to</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE = type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">flow unchecked into the = city. It's a mess!</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">To give you one graphic, many of the people being = rescued</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">from = housetops</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">and attics in New Orleans are being air-lifted or = bussed to</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">LSU. They = are</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">being = deposited outside the PMAC on sheets and blankets</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">until shelter = can</FONT></DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">be found. = The downtown River Center (convention center) is</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">also being used</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">as a = temporary shelter. No one has a clue how long these</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">conditions will</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">persist = or how much more severe they will become.</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">It will = be months, even years before the State of Louisiana</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">recovers from</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">this = storm. Some individuals, businesses, and agencies will</FONT></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">never recover.</FONT></DIV> = <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Thanks for inquiring about our = plight.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Ron</FONT></DIV> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Donald R. Lowe</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Professor = and Director</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hugh Hodgson School of = Music</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">University of = Georgia</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">250 River = Road</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Athens, GA = 30602-7287</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Telephone = (706)542-3737</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A = href="mailto:dlowe@uga.edu">dlowe@uga.edu</A></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">_______________</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">D. Ray = McClellan</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Associate Professor of = Clarinet</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hugh Hodgson School of = Music</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">University of = Georgia</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">www.arches.uga.edu/~mccleldr</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Co = -Artistic Director and Co-Host</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Clarinetfest® 2006</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Atlanta, = Georgia, USA</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">www.clarinet.org</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">contact:</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">250 River = Road</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Athens, GA</FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: = 12.0px Helvetica">USA</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">706.542.2799 o</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px = Helvetica">706.425.1858 h</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT = face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A = href="mailto:mccleldr@uga.edu">mccleldr@uga.edu</A></FONT></DIV><DIV = style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Joseph = Eller</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Assistant Professor of = Clarinet</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">University of South = Carolina</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">School of = Music</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">813 Assembly = St</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Columbia, SC = 29208</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">803.777.4728 = phone</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">803.777.6508 = fax</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" = size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A = href="mailto:jeller@mozart.sc.edu">jeller@mozart.sc.edu</A></FONT></DIV>= <DIV style="margin-top: 0px; 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