Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2006-11-28 16:39
I am a member of our local community band where I have been playing bass drum while (after 4 decades+ of not playing the clarinet) taking lessons and developing my embouchure muscles; I'm now slowly scooting into playing some of the easier stuff on Bb, Eefer, alto, and bass clarinet.
I have, over most of this year been scrounging up and buying on "that" auction site sets of score & parts -- so far I have donated about 50 sets to build a library for our band (we had only about a dozen pieces from which to choose).
Bought and donated to the band several pieces of used percussion equipment (we had none and had to borrow it) including a bass drum, 2 snares, a pair of concert cymbals, concert bells, and an assortment of small percussion accessories. Sadly, I missed a set of tympanis (26", 28", & 30") at a flea market about 100 mi. from here . . . they were in decent shape & playable (2 needed new heads) and sold for $150 for the set. Sigh!
Buy and fix up (definately not an "overhaul") student clarinets, some of which I sell cheaply to local students, others which I donate to the local homeschool band or through band directors/teachers to needy students.
All of the above is really a small contribution to help the art of music, but in a sparsely populated rural Ozarks area like this, it makes a big difference. . . and it introduces a lot of kids and adults to other genres of music besides geetar, fiddle, dulcimer, and sangin' thru ur nose!
Eu
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The Clarinet BBoard
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