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Introduction Brian Stride

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From: Brian Stride <bstride@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:22:03 -0700
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I have recently renewed by subscription to the Brass Band Mailing list
after a hiatus of ~3 years.

My name is Brian Stride and I am an euphonium player with the Little
Mountain Brass Band in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I am also a
member of the Board of Directors for that band.

Lists such as this are a great help to bands, such as ours, that are on
the fringes of the brass band world. In all of the province of British
Columbia ours is the only non-Salvation Army brass band. While there
have been attempts to start other brass bands in the Province, all have
failed.

This is an interesting phenomenon as the history of banding in the
province of British Columbia clearly started with brass bands. Yet these
bands all gradually became extinct or transformed into concert bands.

Another aspect of banding in this province is that aboriginal, or first
nations communities, latched on to the brass band, especially its
competitive aspects. Many first nations villages had a brass band and
competed with other villages for the rights to who had the best band.
However, these bands also disappeared or became concert bands.

Hope that was not too long of an introduction.

Brian Stride
Euphonium
Little Mountain Brass Band
Vancouver, Canada


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