Some fund-raisers are more
successful than others. A concert for the cruise participants was intended
to generate money to support the symphony orchestra. Many of the musicians
decided to avoid ruining their best concert instruments when playing
surrounded by a great body of salt water. They borrowed inexpensive instruments
from instrument renter Harold. The luxury cruise ship was filled with
celebrities and important persons. Everybody was attired in evening gowns
and tuxes. There were a lot of various drinks, mostly alcoholic beverages.
Everybody had a good time on board. Musicians, who played a mixture of
classical and popular music, performed without their characteristic ardor,
and a hard-to-please part of the audience did not cheer the ensemble.
It happened this way because, as David David
the conductor said, the musicians were just playing to please the big
audience, not to please just the hundred tough critics amongst them.
After performing in an unusual environment, first in a splendid but stuffy
first-class lounge and then on a promenade deck, many of the soloists
complained they lost their voices, especially the soprano Dorotheawho
demanded an immediate doctor’s consultation. After the cruise, all
those who previously had unhappy feelings of envy stated that this event
was less notable than it truly was.
