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Re: Contesting

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Subject: Re: Contesting
From: "Samantha Harrison" <sam.harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:00:46 +0100
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Hi all!!!

I've been watching this thread with great amusement!!

Can I just say that I have some great banding experiences through
contests!! From 4th section to the Championship section. I will never
forget my first contest. Being petrified throughout most of it!! And then
hearing the Applause at then end, it was all worth it. The band came last!!

I remember the first contest we won!!! Wow what a feeling.

I also remember the first contest I conducted a band at. 

For me contesting has brought me a lot of good memories and also bad ones,
when you were robbed!!! Its the team spirit though, working together on a
piece whether its a "test piece" or "entertainment". 

When I take my band to contests its something to aim for and to encourage
the youngsters. I find that when they hear bands better than they are it
gives them something to aim for. Its important to know that there is always
somebody better at something than you. It helps to keep things in
perspective.

I think that my views will be appreciated by others on this list.

Also if you don't enjoy contesting etc, then play for a non contesting
band!!! Its your choice. Please don't try and influence others with your
views. This is just my view and it really annoys me when I hear people
comparing brass bands to the likes of orchestras etc. We are diffferent and
do things differently.

Sam
(Flugel@BT)


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