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>Well once again the Australian National Band Championships have been held
>here in Newcastle,N.S.W. Two points I feel that we are brass bandsmen
>(persons, for the feminists) could think about and discuss.
> In this age of electronics where in horse racing
>- photo finishes, and in cricket -
>the third umpire by T.V.replay and in rugby league football we now have in
>goal touch judges and T.V.replay communicated by headset to the referee
>when required. Now I'm not suggesting that we have tape or video replays
>for the adjudicators but at least let us be judged by our peers in the
>brass band field (art form). To say that a person is a good musician is
>not good enough. Would we have a refractories bricklayer construct our
>home or a first class house painter judge an art exhibition or in the music
>field a harpsicordist judging the brass entrants in a competition? I say
>no more on this and await your comments. Now my second point. On a subject
>probably peculiar here. In Australia we have the inclusion of a hymn,
>march, test plus own choice to determine the winning band. A hymn is no
>problem i.e. three verse arrangement from a recognised church hymnal. But
>do you think the organisers can decide on a definition of the march and
>stick to it! RARELY! So the fiasco continues. Bands spending many
>thousands of dollars from their own pockets (no sponsorship here) when
>these things are allowed to continue. No wonder brass bands are not being
>recognised as a genuine art form.Hoping that some of the contributors to
>this page might be able to add some relevant input to these thoughts.
>Ron Grice
>Newcastle, N.S.W.
>
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Dear Ron,
What are you actually saying here ? Are you saying the judges were
not qualified to judge a BB contest, that they didn't get it right, or what
? And did some band(s) not play what you considered to be a "march" ?
Or do I detect a small touch of sour grapes, :-) ??
Cheers,
Robin Ensoll
robens@xxxxxxxxxx
Sailor, Golfer, Musician,
-enthusiastically average at each !
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