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Re: NABBA Results

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: NABBA Results
From: Les Paul <lespaul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:25:45 -0400
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>Military musicians are full time professionals. They are in the military
>becuase they can
>perform at a professional level. It is generally agreed that music teachers are
>not "professioanals" but really they earn their living as musicians 100%.
>College bands use players in performance programs that are essentially unpaid
>professionals. Also a college instructor is really professional.
>
>	If every player who gets paid for playing outside their band
>activities was eliminated from competition the championship section would
>be probably non existant. I think the proper designation
>is to only exclude those whose full time emplyoyment is music with teaching
>excepted. This would
>exclude military musicians who should be playing at the gala not at the
>competition.
>
>Graham Young, Trumpets and Soprano Cornet
>Weston Silver Band,Symphony Hamilton, Celebration Brass
>celbras@xxxxxxx      Hamilton ,Ontario phone# provided at e-mail request

Being a former military musician, I agree completely.

Les Paul -- lespaul@xxxxxxxxxxx


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