Klarinet Archive - Posting 000811.txt from 1999/07

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] school music programs(kinda defending corps too)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 13:26:35 -0400

I believe that even Coke guzzling, hotdog chomping folks deserve to hear
some other kind of dinner music besides their two favorites, country and
western...
However, at our games we're more likely to have haluski, pizza and polar
water.
:o)
Paulette

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:46:22 -0600 Richard Bush
<rbushidioglot@-----.net> writes:
>I always thought that the processes I went through to become skilled
>on my
>instruments taught me discipline, problem solving skills, fine motor
>skills,
>eye-hand coordination, long and short term goal attainment, a
>heightened
>awareness, a finer understanding of music specifically, and the fine
>arts in
>general, team play and team work, and the list could go on and on.
>
>Now, besides being dinner music for a crowd stuffing down hot-dogs and
>gulping
>Coke, what exactly are the intrinsic and unique values of the marching
>band that
>make it esthetically, culturally, or intellectually so important to
>the public
>school curricula?
>
>Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> At 08:07 AM 7/23/1999 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>> >From: <TazShelley@-----.com>
>> >
>> >> I believe in Marching Band being a mandatory part of the band
>experience.
>> >> It's part of a well rounded program.
>> >
>> >We'll have to agree to disagree here, then. There isn't anything
>that will
>> >convince me in having marching band a mandatory program in school.
>I learned
>> >to march in the service, and having that skill has not helped me at
>all in
>> >my life.
>> >
>> No, but so little discipline is being instilled into kids these days
>that
>> the little bit they can pick up from marching band is valuable. It
>is
>> unfortunate that some programs must make marching band mandatory in
>order
>> to get the numbers they need, but that's life.
>>
>>
____
>> Bill Hausmann
>bhausman@-----.com
>> 451 Old Orchard Drive
>http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
>> Essexville, MI 48732
>http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
>> ICQ UIN
>4862265
>>
>> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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