[NAGDU] Wind Ensemble

Rachel Grider rachel.grider at gmail.com
Fri Jun 16 01:09:41 UTC 2017


Thank you all for your help. I will be starting rehearsals next week and will let you know how it goes. I am glad to know that there is such thing as mutt muffs, just in case. 

> On Jun 7, 2017, at 07:54, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> OOOOO! I would need muffs to listen to a bagpipe band, but it just must be
> amazing to play them. I like them if they are a distance away from me. I
> went to a funeral where they were used outside and then at the back of the
> sanctuary at the end I think it was. Certainly in those situations my dog
> was good with it; not sure about close proximity.
> 
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 9:29 AM
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Wind Ensemble
> 
> One of my TSE classmates plays trumpet, solo and in an ensemble.  She got
> the mutt muffs for her dog when she noticed he was being upset by the
> trumpet.  She says they've worked well.
> 
> I used to play in a bagpipe band, many years ago, before all these
> new-fangled things came out for dogs.  It was loud, but my dogs never seemed
> to mind.  So you never know.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Cc: Rachel Grider
> Subject: [NAGDU] Wind Ensemble
> 
> Hello, All:
> 
> I am considering playing in a wind ensemble this summer.  This is not
> something I do often and never since I acquired my guide dog.  
> She is used to being with me during performances, but, as a singer, I am not
> in the center of the orchestra, with loud instruments on all sides.  If I
> have Demi with me for the wind ensemble gig, she will be under my chair, and
> I will be sitting in the center of the flute section, very close to the
> brass and percussion sections.  Is this advisable? Should I use some sort of
> ear protection for Demi?
> 
> Thank you, and have a great evening!
> 
> Rachel
> 
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