Talk:Community band
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I have just started this page and solicit any input from others knowledgeable of community bands in the United States and other countries.
G. Moore 02:08, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Advertising?
I have deleted the following recently added text. If it is really appropriate, it should be added back in, but it looks promotional.
- "In addition, the Arkansas Valley Wind and Percussion Ensemble, in Lamar, Colorado, keeps a lending library of over 10,000 band charts, that they loan to members at no charge except for postage. Membership is either $25 a year or donate 10 charts to the library. Many community bands make use of this service, which is also open to schools."
Gaius Cornelius 10:05, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
--> Many community bands lack the funds to maintain a sizable library of music; modern selections run upwards of $100 each, and many "classics" are permanently out of print, yet cannot be copied as their copyright period has not expired. Considering the number of community bands with virtually no annual budget, buying a lot of music for such groups is not in the cards. The AVWE library and the Chatfield Brass Band Library [1] (which includes wind band literature) are frequently used by smaller community bands. I would suggest a reinsertion of both resources, removing the overtly promotional second line above. -- Ron Boerger, owner of the "community-music" e-mail list/resources cited in the external links section of this article, 15:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Unhelpful section?
I have removed the following section. Community bands are a worldwide phenomena, I cannot see the point of such a list. A list of countries that do not have community bands might be more interesting.
- Community bands around the world
- Other countries that have community bands include Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Taiwan.
Gaius Cornelius 10:05, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Franklin Silver Corent Band
I've just started Franklin Silver Cornet Band, and I was wondering if any editors who have worked on this article would be interested in working on it. --Chris Griswold(☏) 16:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Plugging individual bands
There was an innapropriate, very overt plug for one NYC group that I have removed, and links to several others in the links section. There are hundreds if not thousands of community band web pages out there and it doesn't make sense to plug three or four of them here. Eventually there will be so many links that the article will be buried under the sheer weight of them. The links section already includes several sites that provide links to these groups, leave it at that. 68.94.196.233 02:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
