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Re: March definition

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Subject: Re: March definition
From: "Chris Earl" <ozband@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 15:39:20 +1000
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Ron,

Fully agree - the situation on the march is completely out of hand here.
Barrie Gott has penned a good letter in the next issue of Australia's Band
World which raises many of the same concerns and comes up with a solution
(possible).

I think one of the problems here is that there is no consistency from one
year to the next on what is a march, what is a hymn etc.

We need a National music board to oversee these situations to achieve
consistency from one year to the next.

At the moment, the NBC makes these musical decisions, and while they are no
doubt well-intentioned, not all members of the NBC are experienced
musicians.

BTW Ron, I think it a letter unfair to exclude Monkey from this debate. He
had some intelligent comments on the marching event in Adelaide this year,
eg: "Where's the bar . . . I've never been to a Nationals with a bar
handy."

And judging by his gait on the march, mobile phone swinging from hip, he
has obviously progressed past the demands of playing Frosty the Snowman ...
oops, it must that time of year for bass trombone Christmas solos to
emerge.

Chris Earl

Ron Wrote;
> Once again the Australian N B C fails to come to grips with the problem
> they create with the definition of a March quote"The march to be played
> as part of the on stage music championship be a March which would be
> suitable to be played on parade in quicktime,approved by the organising
> committee". 
> Where the problem comes in is the approval  by the committee . The
> contest organisers in Adelaide 1999 wouldn't uphold the protest because
> the committee had approved it (a Salvation Army festival march"
> Celebration") the organisers also put a metronome on it and said it was
> 120 crotcs. per min.When in 1997 a march requiring 8 tympani was played
> the same reason was given it was" approved by the organisers", and in
> this case the march was chosen to test the system.
> N B C either lay it on the line, and if a definition can't be clear
> leave the march out.Choose something that you can give an accurate
> definition of.
>  
> Lets face it ,some of you in the U K are complaining about the letter of

> the law being upheld,you are better of than here where rules are swayed
> by the organisers (perhaps they don't understand the rules either) at
> least you know where you stand as unpalatable as it seems at the time.
>  
> Ron Grice
>  
> By the way if anyone can pen a foolproof definition please post it.
> Monkey you are excluded from this as you have marched in front of my
> band" sort of"
> but I'll have you back anytime.
>  
> 


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