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Re: High and mighty

Monkey wrote:
>How many are in it for their own benefit? How many have been proud to play for
'their' >band throughout ups and downs and stayed there through thick and thin?


Peter,

I'm proud to say that I've been with my band for over 22 years now.  During that
time we slipped back from top A grade to medium B grade (not because of me I
hope) but now we worked back to within striking distance of A grade again.  At
one point we dropped down to 17 players and sometimes I felt like leaving but
now I'm glad I didn't.

What amazes me is the number of players who leave, come back leave again and so
on.  Every band has cycles but there is nothing more gratifying than still being
there when your band pulls out of a slump and starts winning again or, for the
non- contestants amongst us, just starts playing better.  Good MDs are essential
to that process but the potential has to be there within the band.

On another topic, all this recent prattle about fees and reimbursements etc.
irritates me somewhat.  I've never been paid anything by any band I've been a
member of.  Perhaps I've been in the wrong bands but it isn't the norm down here
as far as I'm aware.  It's cost me (and lots of others)  hundreds of dolllars
just to play in our bands as a hobby.  We do it because we love it, not because
we get paid for it.  Perhaps that's what's wrong with amateur bands?

Roy,
Solo Euph, Dandenong Band, Melbourne, Australia.


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