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Re: Allowing professional players in brassbands

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Subject: Re: Allowing professional players in brassbands
From: nick wood <ingascar@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 10:51:59 +1300
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Phil Green wrote:

>
>
> What do the list think about the current trend of 'employing'
> non-brass players to participate in entertainment contests i.e.
> last year YBS hired an Irish dancer to dance to Riverdance and I
> believe this year they will use the talents of the reigning Choir
> Girl of the Year to sing at the contest.
>
> What's the thought on this ......?
>

In New Zealand we too have used non brass players in certain
circumstances.  When your asked to entertain an audience for an hour or
two, I can't see that it really matters how you do it, as long as they
enjoy it.  In competetive situations the bands are limited to 25 ( or
whatever applies where you are) on stage and this will probably preclude
other performers.  I don't think we would want to get into the
situatuation of using 'others' in competitions, else it could be a case
of money driving the results.  The bands I have been with here,
(Woolston, and St Kilda) have been fortunate to be very good, and
blessed with some very creative and imaginative people, who have put
together some extremely successfull shows.  I say shows because
perhapes, most of the time, this is what we in brass bands, have to
deliver now.  It may not be realistic to expect people to come to listen
to even a top band in concert all on its own.  Often a solo artist, and
supporting artists are the means of drwing people along, either because
you have a big name soloist, or by using other groups, you widen your
population base from which to draw.  I understand in Engalnd you have a
much larger population to support a band concert, but in New Zealand we
don't have the numbers, so the experience has to be a little bit extra
special, to compete for those numbers.

Just my $1.95........

Nick Wood
WestpacTrust St Kilda Brass
Dunedin,
NZ.

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