Klarinet Archive - Posting 000245.txt from 2002/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Teaching the 'students' of today
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 21:15:52 -0400

At 02:27 PM 6/7/2002 -0700, William Wright wrote:
> <><> Bill Hausmann wrote:
>However, the constitution of our band expressly limits membership to
>those OUT OF high school.
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>Our community band limits membership to "50 years or older." Tony Pay
>posted that the school where he teaches in the summer requires "under
>30".
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>I suppose that each of these limts is an effort to gather players who
>are more likely to have a similar point of view.
>
>Good? Or bad?

Good, if you have too large a potential membership and need to limit
numbers. But generally, I don't think it is a good idea. In our case, I
believe the idea was to limit membership to a certain MATURITY level (a
failure, of course, since maturity knows no age).

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
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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