Klarinet Archive - Posting 001100.txt from 1998/09

From: SDSCHWAEG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] playing in rain.......
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:38:39 -0400

In a message dated 9/28/98 6:17:16 AM Central Daylight Time, exner@-----.com
writes:

<< Also, way back in the "olden days," our band learned a new show every
week (or every 2 weeks, sometimes), and we didn't always memorize every
single piece, since we would get it on Monday to play on Friday. Anyone
else remember this? >>

You betcha! And every show contained a new "spinning" drill, based on "50
ways to split a block" - you could read the drill chart "like a book" and
learn a whole precision drill in 20 minutes flat. There were also moving
pictures that often related to the music in slyly humorous ways. I loved
marching band! (And it NEVER rained on the Northwestern University Marching
Band - it was just heavy dew!)

Susan Schwaegler
Proud to be a NUMBalum!

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