Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 1999/07

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Marching band - to be or not to be
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:39:36 -0400

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Dee D. Hays wrote:
> It would be fine to make it mandatory if they didn't spend so much time on
> it. If they took one band practice a week out of five to work on the drills
> that would be fine. Then make it mandatory. Even the super serious
> students appreciate the fun of getting out and doing something different.
> But requiring them to be in a marching band whose training is so time
> consuming that it is more of a sport makes it unreasonable to make the
> marching band mandatory. So it depends upon the program.

One out of five if they do the same show every week with an
addition/deleting here and there each game. But for a differnt show each
game, as I used to do, 4 out of five rehearsals on the field,
incorporating a concert rehearsal in concert formation as well as marching
drill, is more realistic.

RG
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director - Concert Band, Symphonic Winds & Titan Band
Advisor - Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University

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