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Re: A Short Introduction -Reply

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Subject: Re: A Short Introduction -Reply
From: Martin Taylor <M.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 09:42:55 +0100
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I think Dyke demonstrated to the world an important aspect of the ethos of brass
banding, which is that basic things like fulfilling a firm engagement matter
more than clever things like showing off themselves, or brass bands in general,
to a billion people. I applaud their action: I think we can all learn something
from it, and I suspect a good few of those billion people will respect Dyke, and
by extension the rest of us, the more for it.

Martin Taylor
Bb Bass, Wantage Silver

>>> " David Clancy" <clancyda@xxxxxxxx> Apr 8, 1999  6:33 pm >>>
I totally agree, though some may feel that Dyke was right to honour it's
obligations surely a way could have been found around it.  It was such a
missed opportunity to promote the brass band sound to an audience that no
band may have the potential to play to again.

Surely we should be promoting this marvellous artform to a wider general
public, to people who may never have even heard a British Style brass band
in action before.

Pity,

David

I was surprised by
>the lack of comment by list members on their refusal to attend the Oscars.
>Maybe everyone thought that it was the correct thing to do in the light of
>their big charity concert in Bournemouth. It was indeed a very noble
choice,
>but in the bigger picture, Dyke playing to a worldwide audience of around 1
>Billion would surely have brought the public perception of brass bands into
>the 21st Century. They might also have attracted the attentions of some
>distinguished film composers such as Williams, Sivestri and Horner to name
>but a few. They could then have gone back to Bournemouth, the charity
>could've put an extra few bob on the admission price to reflect star
>quality, and everyone would've been a winner.
>A controversial start to my contributions, but I hope it'll trigger a few
>replies.
>Cheers,
>Gar.
>
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