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Dilemma


Dear List,

Please can someone suggest a way to ease my dilemma

I have just returned tonight from band practice (By the way I am the
musical director of the Riddings 'B' Band) and I am writing this mail
feeling sorry for myself and also the members of my band.

The Riddings 'B' Band is the learner section of the Riddings Band, it
consists of twenty three young people and three older members all of
which are great people with a whole load of enthusiasm for music.  Every
week we have a great time at band pactice and after being musical
director for the last six years I consider myself very lucky to be
involved with them.  We also perform concerts in our own right - this
year we have performed at local garden parties and school fetes and we
even represented our local Rotary Club at their Area Young Peoples Music
Concert at Nottingham University.  Our Senior Band (The Riddings Band)
has a comitted youth policy and actively encourages the 'kids' with
joint concerts etc.

So you may ask yourself 'What is my problem?'  Well it goes something
like this!!

My band would love to take part in competitions - tonight we handed out
next years fourth section test piece and the band loved it.  BUT we
haven't got enough 'tackle' to play it.  Our senior band is self
supporting and does not have many spare instruments (3 cornets, two
horns and two trombones) so everything we play on at 'B' Band is begged
or borrowed from schools etc. or belongs to the player (because their
parents bought an instrument so that they could have the opportunity to
play).  To be able to function properly we need some Basses (at the
moment we only have one 'baby' Eb) two baritones and a Flugel Horn.

If anyone has any ideas how I may be able to solve my problem I will be
grateful for any suggestions or if anyone knows of any old instruments
that may be 'gathering dust' in bandrooms or peoples attics that we may
be able to borrow please could you let me know - condition is not a
problem.  It just seems such a shame that when we have such a good bunch
of interested young people their talent could be put to waste because of
such a seemingly simple problem.

Izzy
MD Riddings 'B' Band
Please look at our homepage www.riddingsband.com

P.S. We have tried the National Lottery and have been turned down - our
bid is at the moment being reworked.






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