Klarinet Archive - Posting 000597.txt from 1999/02

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Competition of players of various States
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:17:59 -0500

From: Ben Stutzman <benstutzman@-----.net>

>I definitely agree. My teacher says that my district (District 7 in
PA)
>has about the same level players as our Region band. I could have gone
>to Regionals if I were in a different District. Because of the
>variation, saying you made states doesn't mean a whole lot. It makes
it
>hard to compare with someone not in your own area.

It will always be hard to compare. However, coming from a large,
competitive area doesn't mean as much as some you think - that kid from
North Dakota may be the best this year. There's a higher probability
that the larger states (or groupings, or schools, or districts, or ...)
will have stronger players after the first rounds of competition, but
there's no guarantee. Probability says the chances are that _you_ won't
win the lottery ... but someone else will.
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