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Re: Brass-band Digest V4 #125

Hey Steve,

sorry to put this on the list but my 'address book' is having a fit and won't
accept your personal.

How's my old barking iron going? Doing a fine job I hope!!!

Monkey

PS - I fully agree - contests were never my speciality either!


Steve Larwood wrote:

> Richard Cookson wrote:
>
> > I would venture to suggest that the vast majority of members of contesting
> > bands enjoy contesting, as it isn't compulsory you know, any band who
> > doesn't like contesting is perfectly free to stick to park concerts. The
> > fact that most bands elect to enter contests answers the question.
>
> I agree with the entire text (not requoted) about Park playing - "the
> public" want marches, Selections, golden oldies etc etc and so do I.
>
> And whats more, not every bandsperson (yuch!) wants contesting either.
> We have a whole band full of bandsmen (many of whom have spent many
> years contesting) who have it in our constitution - rule 1 "No
> Contesting".
>
> But as the Arabs say, all the fingers of the hand are not the same
> length - so each to his own...
>
> Steve larwood
> Euphonium, Melbourne Town Band
>
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