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- Subject: Re: Madison 93 show
- Message-ID: <92321.134126MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- From: <MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- Date: Monday, 16 Nov 1992 13:41:26 EST
- References: <Nov14.171052.51230@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU><1992Nov16.040730.6561@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.040730.6561@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, sradeker@nyx.cs.du.edu
- (Scott Radeker) says:
- >
- >In article <Nov14.171052.51230@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> U
- >gordons@CS.ColoState.ED
- >(vahl scott gordon) writes:
- >>I also think that looking back is a healthy thing that the activity is
- >>sadly getting away from because the judges demand innovation.
-
- I think this would be one hell of a sad activity if the judges DIDN'T demand
- innovation.
-
- >>I don't see why playing a piece that was played before can't be innovative.
- >>None of the performers (and probably few of the staff or writers) were
- >>around in 81, and you know the visuals, drill, arrangements will be
- >>very different.
- >>
- >I agreee totally!!!!!! There is something to be said for history and
- >the repetition and slight variation on it. To further you point about
- >different performers, I think I'll state the obvious. Each year the corps
- >have different strengths and weaknesses. I think that the same piece
- >played twelve years later will sound quite different, if only for the
- >reason that the strong and weak sections will alter the way the music
- >is arranged and played.
-
- Yes, there is something to be said for history and the repetition and slight
- variation on it.....the trouble is that it's damn near the ONLY thing that
- Madison is capable of these days. Just look at the past few years:
-
- 1986 - Gershwin music from the 1970s regurgutated
- 1987 - (I forgot this one...sorry)
- 1988 - Maleguena regurgitated for the umpteenth time
- 1989 - Slaughter on 10th Avenue regurgitated for the umpteenth+1 time
- 1990 - an original show that I actually liked (but noone else did)
- 1991 - City of Angels...an excellent production
- 1992 - City of Angels...an excellent production (yawn)
- 1993 - excerpts from the 1981, 1983 and 1990 shows
-
- C'mon!!!!!!!!!! How can you defend this lack of musical creativity?
- Would you defend the corps if they did the same drill moves year after year?
- Used the same guard uniforms and equipment? Etc, etc, etc....
-
- Mike Hughes
-