Klarinet Archive - Posting 000281.txt from 1998/03

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Band Policies (was Marching Band)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:42:24 -0500

Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 06:45 PM 3/4/98 -0600, Dee Hays (I think) wrote:
> >
> >Unless you can point to an objective system of measuring this, the director
> >will always be accused of favoritism. We had "blind" challenges. Each of us
> >took a number (1 or 2), played into a reel-to-reel recorder in that order and
> >then turned the tape into the director. He then posted the tape ID and
> number
> >of the winner within a day or two.
> >
> This is considerably more fair than the system I have seen where the
> challenges are played in class and the students vote! Turns it into a
> popularity contest, even with the director having veto power. You can lose
> the challenge AND be humiliated in front of all your peers in one easy step!

That's not a challenge system. That's an instructor afraid to do his job.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

   
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