Klarinet Archive - Posting 000111.txt from 2007/06

From: "catkeel" <catkeel@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Community groups - membership fee?
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:55:47 -0400

The college sponsered community band I`m in charges $35 USD for the season
,which runs from August to May.You are also required to buy a band logo
shirt for warm weather outdoor performances.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Hewitt" <rogerclarinet@-----.uk>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Community groups - membership fee?

> Here inb the UK, many of the community bands and orchestras I've been
> involved in over the years have a subscription rate. It is used for
> purchasing new music, paying for rehearsal rooms, paying the conductor,
> subsidising concerts. Very few get donations and even fewer avoid
> making big losses in concerts! Annual rates vary from 50gbp to well
> over 100gbp (that's approx. 100usd and 200usd respectively). There are
> some community groups that manage without subs, but they are rare.
>
> The situation for "school" groups is apalling as the government's
> support for music in education is virtually non-existent (that's a big
> subject I could go on about for ages ...) so parents pay for it either
> directly or through heavy involvement in fund-raising events ... or
> both!
>
> Roger H
>
>
> --- Glenn Kantor <klarinet@-----.net> wrote:
>
>> Your help please -
>>
>> Does the community band or orchestra you play in have a membership
>> fee for
>> joining and/or a yearly dues fee?
>>
>> If so - how much?
>>
>> One of our local groups is thinking of instituting a nominal yearly
>> fee for
>> playing and would like to know what other similar groups are doing.
>>
>> Many thanks...
>>
>> Glenn B Kantor (GBK)
>>
>>
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