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RE: Yeovil Contest

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Subject: RE: Yeovil Contest
From: Phil Sturdy <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:36:57 -0000
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I think it's a difficult balance, I would imagine that a lot of
bandsmen/women would be entertained by just good music, I certainly
would. However sometimes I feel that something a little different/novel
can swing a contest one way or another. There have been a number of
examples of visual effects that have gone down very well e.g. 
Duet For Two Cats - Martin Winters and Chris Jeans
Loves Old Sweet Song - BBS with flugel playing down a bass
The Grimethorpe Entertains routine - Lucerne Song etc.

All of these examples are from a number of years ago and I don't think
have really been bettered, however I must admit I didn't go to
spennymoor last year and from reading the Bandsman there was some
messing around.

All in all I feel that it is very easy to go over the top on things like
this, one item from the past I vaguely remember was Yorkshire Imps
playing Peanut Vendor with Ray Farr and finishing up with two players
weilding huge peanuts above their head dancing and other players
chucking bags of peanuts into the audience, possibly a bit OTT but I
think they won a prize for the most entertaining piece.


P.S.
Another type of music creeping into many entertainment programs are
swing numbers, probably to the  disgust/dismay of Mr Spowart.

Cheers Phil.

PPS After speaking to my sister it sounds as though Marple had a few
problems in Riverdance due to a percusionist with a recently broken
wrist, from what I gather the Open champions played well other than this
and could have just as easily won the contest. - By the way does anyone
out there know where Markfield brass came?

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From: Janet Lewis[SMTP:admjl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 03 February 1997 10:54
To: Brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Yeovil Contest

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     The result from Yeovil are as follows

     1 Cory
     2 Besses
     3 Marple

     Best Soloist - Wingates - Euphonium

     I travelled down to this contest with Marple and on the way back 
     a very interesting (honestly!) debate took place.

     The question being WHAT IS ENTERTAINMENT?????????

     My opinion is that the music itself should entertain me and not 
     the visual effects. Has anyone else out there got any comments.

     Cheers


     Janet Lewis
     Principle Cornet
     British Aerospace Band


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