Klarinet Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 1998/10

From: Earl White <Romeus1998@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: [[kl] Enough with the Marching Bands, already]
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:40:39 -0400

klarinet-return-6487-Romeus1998@-----.org wrote:
Normally, I "lurk" on the list and enjoy the comments of the different le=
vels
of clarinet players who are subscribed, but, sorry folks, enough about
marching bands. They are not worth the bits, bytes and pixels that have b=
een
devoted to them. =

We have a tendency in our democracies to think that any point of view or
opinion is valid when in fact, many if not most are not. Just because som=
e
people say that the Earth is only 3,000 years old doesn't make it true. J=
ust
because some people feel that marching is a higher order musical activity=

doesn't make it so. =

At the risk of igniting a flame war...marching bands serve two purposes: =
a)
giving the troops a snappy tune to march to and b) providing a modicum of=

entertainment during football games (including the obligatory number for =
the
drill team to shake their butts to). That's it. Nothing more. =

Band directors try and make it into something more because most of them f=
ind
it far easier to have a "good" marching band than to have really fine win=
d
ensembles/concert bands. Most students, therefore, buy the notion that t=
heir
marching experience is just as valid as playing in a fine band or orchest=
ra
because they have no frame of reference for thinking anything else.

DCI and all that stuff is just items a) and b) carried to an extreme.

Unless I'm mistaken, this is a list devoted to the clarinet and all thing=
s
directly related to the instrument. Could we relegate MARCHING BAND to so=
me
other list, please???

Regards,

George Landis

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Since you say that everyone opinions don't necessarily matter, Let me say=
that
I grow rather tired of your constant negativity of "a) Marching band,
and b) you." Please note that marching bands have a greater significance=
than
what you give them. It is a form of expression, musical and entertainmen=
t
wise, just as valuable as sitting down and playing in an orchestral suite=
,
which I might add, is also a form of entertainment. So just deal with it,=

okay.

Earl Jackson
Clarinet Clones=
Florida A&M University
Marching 100
Delta Iota chapter
Kappa Kappa Psi

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