Klarinet Archive - Posting 000255.txt from 2000/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fw: [kl] An error in a Sousa march
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 08:44:24 -0400

At 10:55 AM 7/6/2000 +0100, Tony Wakefield wrote:
>Bill Hausmann replied:-
>> The trick is that, at least in Michigan, multiple ORIGINAL copies of the
>> score are needed if the piece is performed for festival, so the judges have
>> them during the performance.

>Bill,
> So, - - - - abolish the festival.
>
Um...yeah, right. The Michigan State Band and Orchestra Association
festivals are the be-all and end-all of the the entire state school music
system. The means by which band directors are judged, bragging rights
secured, etc., etc. You could no more eliminate them than repeal gravity.
The point of the ORIGINAL scores is, of course, to discourage photocopying.
Unauthorized photocopied music, whether in band and orchestra festivals or
solo and ensemble competitions, is grounds for disqualification.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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