Hello fellow fiddlers...

I wasn't sure where was the best place to post this, but I just wanted to share a random story from today that made my day, and I think (and hope) is a good sign for music in our culture.

Today at my school in Bloomington, Indiana, I was approaching the ticket counter to buy my student nose-bleed seat for La Boheme with the IU opera.  A random lady approached me, and asked if I was alone?  I said yes, and she proceeded to give me a ticket- absolutely free, in one of the best seats of the house.  Through the next few minutes, and then two intermissions, I got to know her a bit...  She kept saying how important music in all forms is in our lives, and how it's being taken for granted- symphonies folding, music funding cut from schools, kids not learning instruments either from apathy or lack of funding, etc....  She thought it was so important that students not be limited by money for experiencing music she always buys an extra ticket to any show, to give to someone!!

Random story, and not sure where it belongs under the forum categories, but...  It was uplifting not only because of someone's generosity to me personally, but as a really concrete reminder that people do value music in all forms (even opera! ).  Hope it makes your day as much as it made mine!