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RE: Percussion on Dutch Championships



At 14:00 14/12/98 +0100, you wrote:
>To all the people that discussed the last two weeks about this subject,
>
>I started this e-mail an was very suprised to get so much reactions from you. 
>Thanks!
>I will print all your comments en show them to the organization of the Dutch 
>championsship. The organization saw saturday that the most Dutch bands were 
>unhappy with the new rule. The glock(enspiel) was very bad, so I think at 
>least 10 
>bands used their own. 
>A very shamefull story is from the third section. There was a boy from about 
>twelf 
>years old that couldn't read a note. He had to play four notes on the 
>tubular bells. 
>And because he couldn't read notes het took those four bells on stage. But
the 
>organization wouldn't allow him to play on that bells because there were 
>tub. bells 
>on the stage. So the boy didn't know which of the twenty bells he had to hit 
>and 
>couldn't play that part. Shamefull.
>
>For me it was a great succes. In Holland we started a protest withe the
Bazuin 
>from Oenkerk about the percussion rule. So our band was the pain in the bud, 
>but 
>we have won!!
>1-0 for the percussion section of Oenkerk. (We used much of our own 
>percussion after a little discussion behind the stage).
>
>For any body who's interested in it I send in a minute the results.
>
>
>Thanks to anybody who reacted on my e-mail!
>
>Rinze Anne van der Sluis
>percussionist of de Bazuin Oenkerk
>
>
>See you in Munchen next year!!!
>
Congratulations!!!!! my regards to all at De Bazuin.

Steve Sykes


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