Re: Re: Re: ITEC or Falcone


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Posted by an observer on April 29, 2001 at 08:04:48:

In Reply to: Re: Re: ITEC or Falcone posted by Marty Erickson on April 27, 2001 at 19:35:47:

In my opinion, "the powers that be" have vastly underestimated the impact of holding the ITEC and Falcone competitions during the same week in terms of the quantity, if not the quality, of applicants. The kid posting here, asking for advice on which one to attend, is a prime example of the conflict.

The "early band camp" reasoning sounds a little bogus to me, or at least it makes Falcone sound very provincial - is Falcone truly an "international" competition, or do you guys rely heavily on a selected handful of midwestern high school band programs for the majority of your applicants? Are you really suggesting in your post that there is a national trend to move band camps earlier in August that is just now manifesting itself in 2001?

Face it, Marty - the date conflict has negatively impacted the number of applications for both competitions. One can only hope that this avoidable conflict never happens again.


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