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Re: Sydney Olympics

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Sydney Olympics
From: gert bang <gertbang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 04:53:31 PDT
Priority: low
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Carol WILLS wrote:

> > >I had heard something about American bandspeople being asked to perform 
>at
> > >the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, in fact I'm sure I read it
> > >from
> > >one of the list people quite some time ago.  But I wonder if you 
>realize,
> > >that you've been asked to perform here at the complete and total 
>exclusion
> > >of Australian brass and concert bands?  Apparently we march with a step
> > >that
> > >is 7 inches too long for what they want, and American and Japanese 
>marching
> > >bands must march with a smaller step, you know that razzle dazzle 
>style.
> > >So
> > >Australian bands have been excluded from our own Olympics.
> > >
> > >I actually felt so strongly about it that I wrote a Letter to the 
>Editor of
> > >the Herald-Sun (and those who know me from the list would realize that 
>I'd
> > >just have to do that or suffer an ulcer
> > >
> > >" The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games are the 'Australian Games' - what a 
>joke!

Go get them Carol !!!
I agree your furiosity.

Gert Bang.Lyngby.DK




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