No Beer-Belly Prerequisite!

I was really looking forward to the article on the MacPhail Rock Band that I am indeed a part of [“Go Loudly Into the Night,” The Rakish Angle, April]. Overall, the article was well written. There were, however, some things that puzzled me. The primary thing was that you say there were only three students, “beer-bellied men in their forties.” There were indeed three middle-aged men, but there was also myself, an eighteen-year-old high school senior, playing bass. I imagine that it would add something to the story if you were to say that there was a high school senior playing in the band and playing at the same level as these middle-aged men. I would like to thank you, however, for writing an article on our band.
Matt Day
Plymouth

We also note that MacPhail offers another section of “Rock and Blues Ensemble” for younger students.—Eds.