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 Re: How necessary is marching band?
Author: OldClarinetGuy 
Date:   2008-08-12 20:38

....The only reasons for marching band are to add visual and auditory enterainment during boring sports events and to attract students who are only impressed with loud sounds and lots of showmanship. After all, kids (like muskies) are attracted by activity, not necessarily quality and to get them to "eat the cake" of musical aesthetics, it is necessary to offer lots of "frosting" on top. Marching bands, per se, have nothing to do with music, which is the business that we clarinetists should be all about--right????....


The above is a cynical and mean spirited comment on students.
My kids are high achieving academic and motivated students who are fine musicians, one a clarinet performance major in college. They enjoyed marching band and along the way got a whole bunch of athletic letters and positive experiences out of the those "boring sports events".

For some of us who play clarinet and teach it a little, maybe our business is to introduce music to kids any way we can.
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