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Band wanted to play in NABBA Challenge...New Jerusalem!

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Subject: Band wanted to play in NABBA Challenge...New Jerusalem!
From: "Harold Floysvik" <hal@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30 Jan 1997 17:41 EST
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This will likely appeal mostly to North American bandies, but please feel
free to reply whoever and wherever you are if you are interested.

The Woods Manufacturing Co. Brass Band  (Ottawa, Ontario,  Canada) will
not be participating in this year's NABBA (North American Brass Band
Association) competition in  Redwing, Minnesota, April 18&19 (Fri&Sat).
Time, distance, cost, and other irons in the fire are the main reasons.
Too bad; the championship test piece is New Jerusalem. Too bad also
since I know we could have won, having played Trittico and Simpsons'
Energy at last year's competition.

However.... some of us do want to participate in the competition and our 
band master, David Druce, sensing that other bands/players in Canada or
the US might be in  a similar situation, suggested an alternative.

The idea is to form a band of interested players and enter as a
participant. However, since we would not meet the requirements of a
competing band, we would not be able to win a prize; we could only
get a mark.

Personally, I'd like to give it a shot. I've wanted to play NJ since I
first heard it (most other Wilby stuff too, for that matter) and would
relish a chance to give it a go. Besides, me and my Eb tuba love
contesting. Even without a prize for the effort, we would know we had
done better than anyone else, and so would the others!

To do this as an instantly organized band would require an aggressive
approach. It is definitely not for the faint of heart, nor for naysayers 
and whiners. It is do-able, with the right talent and with David
driving the rehearsals. 

This is what would be involved:

*  David Druce as conductor
*  two 12-hr. days of rehearsal on Apr. 17 and 18
*  compete in challenge section on Apr. 19 
*  Woods would supply the music parts to interested participants
*  participants chosen by audition: a tape of you playing; a phone call;
   live audition if you're in/near Ottawa; maybe even just your
   say-so, but you better be up to the task!
*  you practice on your own or in small groups with a recording until we 
   can get together
*  you must be a NABBA member when we play (Small member fee, $25.00 I think)
*  Woods will pay the entry fee
*  transportation and all other costs are yours alone to bear

If you are interested and enthusiastic about wanting to do this, contact
me via e-mail (hal@xxxxxxxxx).  Supply the following info:

*  your name
*  instrument(s) and position(s) played
*  a way of contacting you: e-mail; tel_no., etc.
*  your location
*  are you a NABBA member?

We'll get back to all respondants in about a week to let you know 
how much interest there is and decide then, or soon after, if we
have enough interested people to proceed with detailed planning.

...Hal


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