Klarinet Archive - Posting 000125.txt from 1998/03

From: garylsmith@-----.com (Gary L Smith)
Subj: Re: marching bands
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:49:22 -0500

On Mon, 02 Mar 1998 18:38:07 -0500 The Lightles <bopabeal@-----.net>
writes:
>To all concerning this subject...
>
>I've always enjoyed this list because of the knowledge I glean from
>everyone, professional to hs student. You can learn from everone and
>everyone is, of course, entitled to their opinion. It seems as though
>everyone gets just a little touchy when it comes to opinions about
>marching bands, be the comments pro or con. If marching band is
>exciting during the fall perhaps this same excitement will rub off
>during the rest of the year when playing a more classic repetoire.
>my $ .02

Provided, of course, that the director doesn't just start rehearsing
*next year's* marching band music, pausing only to slap together a
holiday and a spring concert. This is (one symptom of) the sort of abuse
I think Roger and others are talking about.

   
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