Klarinet Archive - Posting 000953.txt from 1997/04

From: kathi@-----.com (Kathi Atkins)
Subj: marching bands
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:25:52 -0400

That's great you started the clarinet again! Personally nothing could ever
stop me from taking band. My high school doesn't have a marching band but we
have a pep band, I'd love to have a marching band. I think that a variety of
completely different music is a great way to enjoy music. IMHO
Kathi

>To add my 2 cents ... I've recently started playing again after many
>years. The reason I stopped playing back in high school was because the
>band director decided to impose a rule that one had to be in marching
>band in order to be in band at all. Since I didn't want to be in
>marching
>band anymore (I was in it for 1 year), I dropped band, and clarinet
>playing along with it, and it took me 27 years to take up clarinet
>playing
>again!
>
>Older and DEFINITELY Wiser,
>Kathy
>
>George E. Landis wrote:
>>
>> WWQUINTET@-----.com wrote:
>> >In school music
>> > programs, especially grades 7-12, I believe that the marching band tends to
>> > belittle our efforts to make music an accepted area of of serious
study, and
>> > further perpetuates the notion that the music program is nothing more
than a
>> > vehicle for "pure entertainment" or extracurricular activity.
>> >
>> > Dave
>>
>> Amen. The time spent on marching bands these days is just appalling.
>> I've always suspected that the only reason marching bands persist in any
>> significant way is because most band directors don't have the requisite
>> skill or musical sense to succeed in the concert realm and they resort
>> to marching to keep the students fired up and interested.
>>
>> Regards
>
>

   
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