Who Doesn’t Love A Good Butt Shake?

No one ever accused the Edmonton Symphony’s music director of being a low-key conductor, but the orchestra and many of its fans were taken aback when a letter appeared in the local paper calling a Bill Eddins performance “not classy” and “rude.” (The letter’s author apparently objected to a few booty shakes during a jazzy piece.) In the weeks since the letter ran, music fans in Edmonton have been lining up to defend Eddins and slam the prudish objector.