Re: Re: Is band "uncool"?


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Posted by Joe Baker on September 02, 2003 at 06:36:58:

In Reply to: Re: Is band "uncool"? posted by Steve Dedman on August 31, 2003 at 16:49:17:

My son plays in the Bearden band. They marched 192 last Friday night, BTW Steve -- and next year they're expecting 225! So look out...

A real key at Bearden has been that one of the Middle School principals figured out how to de-stigmatize band. He has a hard and fast rule: EVERY student must participate in either choir or band. No exceptions. It seems that most kids consider band the less nerdy of the two. So by the time they really have a choice to make, they've already got a couple of years invested in band, and don't think of it as uncool at all. A large percentage of the High School band comes from that one Middle School; and the students who decide not to continue in band have at least gotten a couple years' exposure to music.

Joe Baker, who wonders how anyone can consider themselves 'educated' if they know nothing of music.


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