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Re: Black Dyke Rumours


Edy Van Asch wrote:

 
>List,
>
>since some of the Dyke people are on the list I think it's up to them
to inform
>us about the moved at Dyke, if they want, and meanwhile I guess quite
some people
>know what's happening at Dyke. Still I feel a band of their standard
and well
>known throughout the world, should react with an official press-release
as they
>did before. Just to refer to other mails and to prevent false stories.
> I've been well informed:
>1. not just 3 players 'left' but about 10 over some weeks/months
(true?). Apart
>from the 3 already mentioned, eg Phil Shaw (assistant principal) is
going to YBS.
>2. there seems to be indeed a policy about bringing women into Dyke
relied to the
>National Lottery funding. But that's of course not the reason those
people leave.
>Indeed, as long as they are good players why should they. Should
anybody have a
>problem with the current female sop from Rothwell?

>3. The reasons are different:

>3a.we know bands like Dyke move to the southcoast at saturday and play
in
>Scotland on the sunday, give concerts on a wednesday and so on. It
seems like a
>job, after a while you give up.

>3b. People are fed up with different situations, some most of the time
personal.
>3c. And as always and everywhere... money. Fill in yourself.
>But it's not only happening at Dyke of course! So let's not shoot Dyke.

 
Presumably the mailing list (as with other branches of the 'Brass Band
Grapevine') is a mixture of fact, rumour and misconception on this
subject - but as Edy rightly states its all we have at the moment. I
cant help thinking that all this speculation isn't helping Dyke, which
is after all our 'shop window' band. Come in Bob Childs!

>What is to me more interesting than inspecting Dyke is what happens
with the
>people who are replaced by those leaving players.Indeed, as Samantha
writes, what
>about John Doyle who's replaced by Kevin Crockford at Fairey? And what
with
>the player at YBS, JJB and what with all those others?

 
I'm gutted for John Doyle. He was really chuffed about getting the sop
job at Faireys when I saw him at the Festival of Brass (He played very
well too!).  I've often been impressed by Faireys willingness to give
young 'unknown' players a go (eg. Dave Welsh, Dave Thornton, Ian Yates,
Gaz Beckworth etc..). Looks like they've decided to go for 'a name' this
time though. 
 
For the record (and it goes without saying) Peter Christian wasn't
sacked by Leyland. He's been doing a lot of conducting lately and saw
Bob Blackburn's availability as an opportunity to 'get out' of full time
playing for the time being!

>Bands tend to take and sack players as if it's nothing in their
non-stopping urge
>to 'improve'.As long as it's filling empty seats, OK to me, but...
>Bands ask people to be reliable to the band (and some aren't), but
vice-versa?? I
>know it's not different from sports but still.

 
Sponsors want their band to win. Conductors get LARGE amounts of money
to make this happen. Players are dispensable, sack a few and it looks
like something's being done. Just like football really except that the
sponsor rarely seems to sack the conductor!? 
 
To paraphrase Howard Wilkinson, there are two types of player: those who
have been sacked, and those who will be sacked in the future!

>Good luck to all the players coming weekend at Munich. 
 
Ooerr!!! I mean - Hear, Hear!!!

Paul Warder 'current' Bass Trombone, JJB Sports Leyland Band





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