Dear All, As a Tiscali customer I have had no access to the forum for over a week so imagine my amazement to find 93 e-mails waiting and that the world of NSP has gone suddenly mad.
The mails relating to youngsters and "pushy parents" reminds me of our years with daughters in the pony showing world. Now if you want precocious kids and pushy parents thats the place to be!!! Intimidation of judges , dirty tactics and harrasment were all part of the game.(For others) Reading the rest of the contributions saddend me more than anything. Fre debate is good but this has not been good. If we have a situation that experienced pipers feel that they can no longer freely contribute to the pages then surely we have all gone wrong somewhere. I fall very much into the struggling, mediocre group of players but I enjoy what I manage to play. I live along way from the North east so thef orum and its contributors largely provide me with encouragement and technical information, some laughs and some annoyance at times but nothing, until now, that has made me wonder is it worth bothering anymore. Style... Well yes it is vital to learn the correct basics, as in any instrument, but whenyou are some distance from a group this becomes difficult. I fear a situation where I may have to lock the door and draw the curtians when playing in case the "style police" find where I live and come a knocking!! When attending courses and classes the one thing that always impressed me was the friendlyness and the willingness to help that came from eveyone I have met. Has that now faded? Come on let`s get back to something we enjoy, cut the bitching and each play in our own way to the good of ourselves and anyone who whishes to listen to us. Isn`t it the time of year to go back to discussing what oil to use.... at least we didn`t upset anyone when we did. All the best Guy T. Address withheld for security reasons!! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/security - Get 50% off Norton Security 2009 _______________________________________________________ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
