Klarinet Archive - Posting 000716.txt from 1997/08

From: Cheddar99@-----.com
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #156
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:08:00 -0400

(sorry for forgetting my name when I first sent this)

In a message dated 8/17/97 8:17:28 AM, you wrote:

<<
<Marching bassoons, oboes, bass clarinets--ludicrous, useless, ridiculous
<and just promotes more unneccessary wear and tear on the instrument.
<Just MHO.

Julie
>>
My school had an oboe section, and a bass clarinet section in our marching
band. Lots of schools even have bass clarinet solos. It's no different to not
have those instruments in a concert band than not in a marching band. Any
instrument that adds to the bass line only helps stregnthen the band, no
matter how much. And if the oboes and bassoons want to march, it's their
instrument. If they want to have fun yet risk wearing down their instrument,
that's their choice.

Karen Dungan
Mtn. View, Ca