Klarinet Archive - Posting 000843.txt from 1999/07

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Marching Band stuff
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:46:13 -0400

I'll bet most of those adults were NEVER in marching band! (at least in
this part of PA)
;-)
Paulette

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:14:51 -0400 David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
writes:
> > 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.
>
>I wonder if it's just coincidence that in two states where marching
>bands
>appear to be a REALLY a big deal, Texas and Pennsylvania, the dominant
>
>adult musical genres are country-western and the polka, respectively.
>;^)
>Best regards,
>
>Jack Kissinger St. Louis
>
>-------------------------------------
>
>Last year (and year before) a student of mine was the Drum Major of
>the
>Largest Marching Band in PA. (collegiate that is) the IUP Marching
>Band
>(Jack Stamp's group). He is a Marching Band nut - loves it. He got a
>great
>conducting job straight out of his undergrad - conducting an Orchestra
>(and
>he is a Sax player) considered one of the top groups in Phila.
>(Creative
>and Performing Arts H.S.). To think of all of the musicians who played
>in
>Orchestras many, many years to loose the job to a Sax player - who
>would
>rather be directing a marching band. Is there no justice.......?? I
>must
>say that I've never had a student who wanted to play country western
>music
>(here in PA), nor a student who's aspiration was to be a mummer (it's
>a
>Phila. thing for those who wonder what a mummer is ((basically a
>sax/stringband of a bunch of grownups strutting around on New Years
>day in
>various outrageous costumes, and makeup). I'm glad for the little
>things..
>
>
>David Blumberg
>playit@-----.com
>Have you heard? http://www.mytempo.com
>
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