Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 2003/07

From: George Lin <george_s_lin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Memorizing music/camp
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:14:14 -0400

In present day, I think band camp is more of the norm.
I would also think that more funding is available to
offset the costs of sending a student to camp.
(lodging, fees, food, etc...) When I was in school
back in the 80's, band camp was always held at the
school grounds. I do recall that the drum majors would
go off to drum major camp somewhere in PA prior to the
band camp. My recollection was we used lyres
initially for practicing and eventually ditched them
after memorization.

A litte aside story...In my senior year, camp was held
at a small college that was hours away. I boycotted
it (I was saving up for college, and decided to
continue with my summer job rather than shell out
hundreds for 2 weeks of band hell). Anyway, I got
penalized and was written out of the show. My band
director was po'ed at me. But He eventually put me
and my best friend (who also worked a job in the
summer) with the percussion via cymbals. We ignored
the demotion and had fun anyway.

--- Raycraft <raycraft@-----.com> wrote:
> Didn't someone here say that they
> > didn't do band camp because the school was too
> cheap? >
> > Ken
>
>
> Whoa, my school musta been too cheap. I never even
> HEARD of band
> camp in those days. Did they have it back then, or
> is that a newer thing?
> (never than ME, anyway?)
> We *did* play with the lyre/flip folder, even in
> parades. The band director
> never once asked us to memorize anything.
> The high school in the town I live in now, has the
> kids start practice a
> full
> month before the beginning of the school year, and
> they practice five
> days a week, from 9am to 9pm. They memorize
> EVERYTHING. They
> aren't even allowed to eat any sugar during that
> time, let alone
> drugs...........
> Sue
> P.S. I just asked my husband, who went to school in
> upstate NY,
> and he says they definitely had to memorize the
> music. Now I know the
> truth. My school was cheap. :-(
>
>
>
>
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