Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 1998/11

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] No We're NOT weak!
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 22:25:38 -0500

What a shame! And those who do know " who's on first" can't get a job in
the schools...Cause the others have t****e??? Don't jump - it's just a
wisecrack. :-)
Paulette

On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:30:12 -0600 "Carl Schexnayder"
<carlsche@-----.net> writes:
>As one who has been a junior high and high school band director for 36
>years
>and has judged many festivals, I can tell you that, without a doubt,
>there
>are many band directors that don't know who's supposed to be playing
>what,
>much less who actually is playing what!! So sad! ALL PARTS ARE
>IMPORTANT,
>as is every player! Any director who ignores any part in the music,
>(including percussion, who are possibly the most ignored), is doing
>the band
>an unforgivable injustice!!
>
>Again, My Opinion,
>
>Carl Schexnayder
>>Maybe your band director could just ask for everyone who has the part
>>that goes like "la, di, do, dut, dut" and sing it for you . Then
>she'll
>>include everyone AND see if you know what your part should sound like
>...
>>if she can sing. :-)
>>Paulette
>>
>>On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:10:15 -0800 Lisa Clayton
><lisakc@-----.com>
>>writes:
>>>At 03:45 PM 11.17.98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>Far be it for me to blame the band directors...I'm studying to be
>>>one.
>>snip
>>
>>>My band director does this too. She wants a section worked on,
>she'll
>>>call
>>>out "Low brass! Bassoons!" Best way to get these anti-low-clarinet
>>>conductors to change their habits? Start asking, very loudly, "Do
>you
>>>want
>>>BASS CLARINETS too? We have that part." Makes them break their
>>>concentration and eventually they'll get the point, if only to avoid
>>>having
>>>to start their train of thought chugging uphill again.
>>>
>>>in Bass Clarinet Solidarity,
>>>
>>>Lisa Clayton
>>>lisakc@-----.com
>>>
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