Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
Of course you're right, not an absolute necessity.

My musical peak happened when I had the job of banging two sticks together in our school's production of 'The Turtle Drum'. The extra hit I added to the end of one of the songs, the headmaster deemed worthy of mention next day.

I would say the audience was moved by the performance - there were certainly less people at the end than at the beginning.