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RE: Promoting brass bands

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Subject: RE: Promoting brass bands
From: "Rod" <rodg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 16:31:21 +0100
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Phillip Biggs seems to be carving a niche for himself promoting sell out
concerts and running a very popular contest, so it can be done even today.
Our band also has a very loyal following for the concerts we promote. I also
think that the way the pieces are introduced is important and if the
conductor isn't a good compere try getting someone else to front the
concert. That is not to criticise any conductors, but they are not all good
at getting across to the audience.

Well that's my two penn'orth.

Cheers

Rod Gibson
Haverhill Silver

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Larwood [mailto:larwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> Alec
>
> I don't often contribute to this list because there are so many more
> well qualified to speak than I (that is not a sarcastic or patronising
> comment, either) but I just had to agree with your sentiments.
>
> Specifically: Navel Gazing, 1812, "send 'em home happy" hits the nail on
> the head.  And I also agree with the bit about not precluding the
> contests (I also agree largely with your sentiment here) too.
Snip
>
> Steve Larwood
> Euph, Trom, Bass Trom - Melbourne Town Band
> www.proactif.demon.co.uk/mtb
> Alec Gallagher wrote:
> >
> > Clair Tomalin has commented in divers postings about how to attract the
> > 'unconverted' audience to brass bands, amongst many other things.  My
Snip
> >
> > So there we are.  Find a promoter (who knows, perhap even
> Gubbay himself?),
> > convince him that brass bands could make him a tidy sum, and
> let him get on
> > with it.  That's my suggestion for popularising brass bands.
> Adopting such
> > a popularist policy need not impinge on other activities, such
> as the more
> > important pursuit of serious music, or even on contests
> (pointless though
> > the latter are).  After all, the LSO survived 'Andre Previn's
> Music Night'
> > in the 1970s and the RPO (or was it the LPO?) survived 'Hooked
> On Classics'
> > more recently.
> >
> > Just a few thoughts.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Alec
> >
> > ________________________
> > Alec Gallagher
> > alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>


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