Klarinet Archive - Posting 001089.txt from 1999/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] school music programs
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:29:35 -0400

My partner has asthma and plays the flute - it was worse when she was high
school age (she is American). I don't think somehow that playing the flute
AND marching at the same time would be a feasible activity.

Roger Shilcock

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Jay Webler wrote:

> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 02:16:54 -0400
> From: Jay Webler <webler@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: Chris and Jacque McCurdy <clmccurdy@-----.com>,
> "klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: Re: [kl] school music programs
>
> I'm confused. Were the parents expecting the band director to excuse her
> entirely. Or was the student using her asthma as an excuse to get out of
> the marching portion of the band program. (I am continually thankful that there
> was no marching band when I went to High School--but then, there was no electricity
> either; according to my children).
>
> Jay Webler
> Jay's Clarinet and Percussion
>
>
> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:29:04 -0500, Chris and Jacque McCurdy wrote:
>
> >just recently one of the schools in my town just settled a controversy
> >over a student participating in marching band.......
> >
> >the girl plays flute and has asthma, so according to her doctor she can
> >not "run around" or be overtly active.......she did however want to be
> >in wind ensemble (top group) which starts in november......the directors
> >said she had to be in marching band, but that they would excuse her from
> >marching...she could play her part in the pit and also help with the
> >music library to fulfill the class requirements....keep in mind this
> >school is in a well-to-do area andeveryone things they should get
> >special treatment. The parents whined all the way to the school board
> >and guess what the they lost.......she could either accept the offer the
> >directors gave or do a 30 page term paper on 1 of 5 topics pre-chosen
> >with references......
> >
> >the board said that students we not aloud to preempt out of other
> >classess because they didn't prefer part of the curriculum.......
> >
> >just thought it was interesting
> >
> >jacque
> >just my 2 sense
> >
> >
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