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At 11:11 AM 5/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Susan,
Who are you and where did you come from. Being a cellist - RPT is a small
club, I'd like to be in touich (This is not a come - on , I'm a happliy
married guy!)<br>
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Mike Meade,RPT</font><font face="arial"> </blockquote><br>
</font>Hi! <br>
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I spent three years at Oberlin (1964-67) and then followed George Neikrug
to Texas. (The cello class at Oberlin must have been a little thin in 68!
Eight of us went.) I finished the bachelors and masters there. (in
performance). I then went to Canada, and played in a couple of
orchestras, and was a sabbatical replacement (twice in a row), out on the
prairies. I missed Vancouver Symphony by a hair (was in the last 8 of
over 200 applicants) and things went downhill from there. I was worn out
from too many moves and job changes. Never did find a decent, stable
cello job. I found Ted Sambell's tuning course in Toronto in 1978,
finished in 1980, and went to California. Did some playing but mostly
tuning there, and got to Oregon *thank heavens!* in 1992. <br>
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