[NAGDU] Wind Ensemble

Rachel Grider rachel.grider at gmail.com
Wed Jun 21 19:52:16 UTC 2017


Just an update: I needn't have worried about Demi and the wind
ensemble. She was totally relaxed the whole time and slept for much of
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On 6/15/17, Rachel Grider <rachel.grider at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> 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-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Grider
>> via
>> NAGDU
>> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2017 11:13 PM
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> 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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