Klarinet Archive - Posting 000940.txt from 1997/04

From: Kimberly Joan Kriston <kjk0003@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: marching bands
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 10:38:18 -0400

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Shannon Gerrish wrote:

> I'm in the Pride of Maine Marching Band and Screamin' Black Bears Pep
> Band at UMaine. I don't see piccolos as a problem (mostly because they
> are usually on the way other side of the field or bleachers) so much as
> the discrimination towards the clarinets. We have four clarinet players
> (if I'm lucky) coming next year but I'm a little afraid of losing them
> because we're always being told we aren't important to the band. But on

<**you are important to the band. maybe you haven't played any music that
has featured the woodwind section. are there ONLY 4? also, you need to
make sure that everyone is playing on super soft LOUD reeds. in the green
brigade at UNT, we clarinets have parties (making marching band
enjoyable). by the way, who cares what anyone else thinks of the
clarinets? sorry, now I'M jumping around subject-wise. :-)
kim

> the piccolo
thing (sorry
I jump around alot) we have three players and > more coming next year.
> Anybody got any ideas on how I could increase the size of the section?
> Maybe if we had more players we would produce more sound.
>

your band director needs to get some clarinetists to come. he needs to
search the high schools and find some seniors. i think here at UNT,
there are a lot of people in marching band because music education majors
are required to take 3 semesters of marching band. also, mr. fisher
promotes marching band, and invites non-music majors to be a part as well.
well, that was my 2 cents worth.
kim

>
> --
> " College is a place where stones are polished
> and diamonds are dimmed"
>