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On Mon, 25 May 1998, Gene H. Chan wrote: > Please excuse my ignorance, but several recent posts have alluded > to a "compere". > > 1. What does a compere do? What qualifications does this person need? > 2. How do you pronounce "compere"? Is it Italian in origin? French? It's French in origin, is pronounced "com-pair", and in the real world outside email land I think it has a grave accent on the first 'e'. The compere is just some random bloke who talks to the audience between tunes during a concert, giving basic information ("This is (another) fine march/overture by.....") and telling REALLY bad jokes. As far as I know there is no formal training for such a highly demanding post :), and our compere is usually the 2nd trombonist's dad. Hope that helped. Bye now, Howard > --------------------- > Gene H. Chan genechan@xxxxxxxxx > Burnaby, BC, Canada gene_chan@xxxxxxxxx > Summer Pops Youth Orchestra http://www.vcn.bc.ca/spyo/ > Little Mountain Brass Band http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/6222/ > > > -- > unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to > listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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