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RE: Re Professionals in Amateur Bands



Hawthorn band (Melbourne Australia) won the Championship section of the NABBA 
contest in 1994 and I can assure you that every player was a true amatuer.   
"Professional" just means you make your living at it.  It doesn't necessarily 
mean your'e better than the amatuers.  Professionals often make worse 
all-round bandsmen because of their lack of ability to commit 100% and develop 
ensemble skills with that group.  Top band music is also completely beyond 
most players to sight-read, professional or not.  Bands in Australia, who have 
never had a ban on the use of professional players, learned these lessons 
years ago and by and large do not use professionals.
Glenn McGowan (Hawthorn Band)
gcmcgowan@xxxxxxx

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From: Matt LaFontaine
Sent: Friday, September 27, 1996 6:25 AM
To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Re Professionals in Amateur Bands

Just to open up another can of worms on this issue;

What about the Honors section champions of NABBA? Many questioned the
"special exemption" that the Dominion BB got to compete. They won the
Honors crown handily, and probably could have placed Top 3 in Championship
section (they were that good). Was it really fair to being together all
those military musicians from a large area to compete against a group of
amatuers?

Regards,
Matt LaFontaine

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