Klarinet Archive - Posting 000892.txt from 1997/08

From: Cheddar99@-----.com
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #165
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:28:38 -0400

In a message dated 8/20/97 3:48:35 AM, you wrote:

<<
<I agree -- being a staff member at the School of Music here, this week I
<have been subjected to "Marching Band Camp" taking place in our building.
<Maybe drill shows are visually exciting, but as far as musicality goes,
<they are sheer volume and not much else. Perhaps Marching Band is a fun
<social outlet, but don't try to equate it with a *musical* performing
<ensemble.
<
<My favorite part of this whole nightmare is when the drumline begins to
<practice in our large performance hall, which happens to be right outside
<the main office.....remember the song that goes "I don't wanna work; I
<just wanna bang on the drum all day"? Well, SOME OF US HAVE WORK TO DO!!
<(Sorry to have to shout over all that noise...)
<
<BTW, this group gets about 5 times the funding that any other area in our
<department does...
>>

Not all marching bands are just volume. My school (Los Altos High School in
Los Altos, California) Happens to be extremly musical on the feild. Just
because the bands you have heard are all loud, doesn't mean others aren't. We
get yelled at for playing too quiet!! Please don't make statements about the
musicality of marching bands when you haven't heard all of them

Karen D.