Klarinet Archive - Posting 000839.txt from 1999/07

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mandatory programs
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:46:09 -0400

You are not paying attention to some of the replies. What people are
objecting to are some of the excessive hours that some schools require.
These excessive hours make it almost impossible in some schools to consider
including other aspects of music. If you make it mandatory to attend an 8
hour per day one or two week marching band camp, then you should do the same
for concert band, wind ensemble, jazz band, etc. You should also require
this intense type of training for anyone taking speech or drama class.

Those who say balance is required are right so reduce the hours for marching
band. Make it fun again.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris and Jacque McCurdy <clmccurdy@-----.com>
Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 11:52 AM
Subject: [kl] Mandatory programs

>i don't see anything wrong with requiring ALL of the aspects of band
>for each student....all of them (MB, CB, JB...)all relate to each
>otherwhat you learn from one can translate to the others. Those people
>who work to be successful within all of the band experience really end
>up better for whatever life challenges are ahead than those who choose
>to accentuate the negatives.
>
>Just because it's not one's CHOICE or preferred activity doesn't mean
>they should be excused from it at all. Allowing ourselves to drop
>what's new, hard, annoying, etc doesn't expand frame of references. We
>don't always get to do everything we want or don't want.....that's part
>of learning.
>
>Karena...you said it very well....as clarinet turned percussionist for
>D& B corps, I feel the same way. Life is not a series of cut and dry
>choices "I like this," or "I want that," it's experience. You can't sum
>up experience in a few short sentences, life can't be boiled down to
>what we want or don't want. Take the good with the bad. Besides you
>never know, your worst nemesis could become your best
>friend(experience).
>
>thanks for taking time to listen as I muddle through some thoughts.
>
>jacque
>just my 2 cents
>
>
>
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