Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 1998/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marching band
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 18:19:14 -0400

At 11:35 AM 10/2/98 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>> All of this discussion, however, is now on silly details and relative
>> merits. Why don't we all agree that marching band, while seldom (but
>> sometimes) rising to the level of great art, is nonetheless a valid form of
>> musical expression and an integral part of a well rounded musical
>> education? Whether an individual person loves or hates it is irrelevant.
>> SOMEBODY must like it or it would no longer exist!
>
>No - I'm sorry - I don't see that we should all agree.....but I recognize
>your need to feel we should. The discussion was with regard to why we
>have marching band, whether or not it is important to a students' musical
>growth, and if it is as musically important in the public schools as the
>Concert Band. It matters naught if anyone likes it or not!
>
Whatever Roger......you win.

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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