Comments on: End of an era http://www.drkellam.com/2005/12/12/end-of-an-era/ The blog of David Robert Kellam, Melbourne Australia Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jreynold http://www.drkellam.com/2005/12/12/end-of-an-era/#comment-52 jreynold Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:40:59 +0000 http://www.drkellam.com/2005/12/12/end-of-an-era/#comment-52 Realistically, the "segregration" that you mention is not really segregration at all. The choir has 24 people in it. That means that it is vitrually impossible for the choir to go out somewhere for dinner/coffee all together without booking in advance. Therefore, after an event the choir will naturally break up into smaller groups to enable people to go out for food or dinner, or stay put and get gesloshen. I think we proved a couple of times in Europe (geneve sticks in my mind) how frustrating it is to try and find a restaurant willing to serve that big a group. People get shitty when the choir breaks up like that, but realistically dinning or doing coffee or having a quiet drink with a very large group is rarely possible, or overly enjoyable. Realistically, the “segregration” that you mention is not really segregration at all. The choir has 24 people in it. That means that it is vitrually impossible for the choir to go out somewhere for dinner/coffee all together without booking in advance.

Therefore, after an event the choir will naturally break up into smaller groups to enable people to go out for food or dinner, or stay put and get gesloshen.

I think we proved a couple of times in Europe (geneve sticks in my mind) how frustrating it is to try and find a restaurant willing to serve that big a group. People get shitty when the choir breaks up like that, but realistically dinning or doing coffee or having a quiet drink with a very large group is rarely possible, or overly enjoyable.

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