tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post6439414464787383702..comments2024-02-10T00:07:22.101-08:00Comments on Shreveport Blog, the site for imagining sustainable suburbs and a schvingy downtown: Shreveport Symphony Orchestra players vote to strike, says the Times; Orchestra Players United, Opus, offers a concert on Su, Oct 11, at First BaptistRobert E Trudeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07554504744066844336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-44688504457475000212008-10-14T11:23:00.000-07:002008-10-14T11:23:00.000-07:00I am wondering if now, the musicians are reconside...I am wondering if now, the musicians are reconsidering the support they thought that they had in the community.<BR/>When only 300-350 people showed up at their concert at the Baptist church they surely got a better picture of the real world--not the one in which they thought they lived.<BR/>This is surely a sad day for the Shreveport Symphony, the musicians and the city of Shreveport.<BR/>What next? I hope that the musicians now understand that striking is not going to help the situation and they need to go back to work with the Shreveport Symphony to allow the board to implement its new business plan for growth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-74670597939319230612008-10-13T05:11:00.000-07:002008-10-13T05:11:00.000-07:00You are completely right. Throw an "event" where t...You are completely right. Throw an "event" where these people can dress in a gown, see and be seen, talk about LSU football, etc. and they pack the place. Ask them to support the cultural life of this city with their checkbooks and they're nowhere to be seen. For a city this size to have a Symphony, an Opera company, a professional theater, dance companies...is extraordinary. However, if people don't start supporting and paying these artists so they can reside here and make a decent living then all that will be left is people dressed in purple and gold talking about how North Louisiana DOES have a Mardi Gras!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822716.post-16095301003398132752008-10-08T14:48:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:48:00.000-07:00This is what happens when a city is mostly "new" m...This is what happens when a city is mostly "new" money, vs. a city that has "old" money. "New" money just does not see the importance of the arts.<BR/>This is not "online insulting," but rather a hard, cold fact. <BR/><BR/>(No, I am not a musician, or a family member of a musician.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com