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Date Posted: 16:53:29 04/15/05 Fri
Author: Hayley
Subject: Re: Exclusiveness Within Woodwinds...How To Quell Jealous Sections.
In reply to: Chad 's message, "Exclusiveness Within Woodwinds...How To Quell Jealous Sections." on 13:19:11 04/14/05 Thu

We had that problem in my high school as well. Except in our band it was between the percussionists and the winds. Here's what one of my band directors did to try to solve the problem:
Every summer at band camp we would have Band Olympics where we would play a lot of different games. One band director I had had us do team building games where we had to all work together in the game. We also had a day where we had a band picnic as well. By my senior year the band as a whole was getting along a lot better. I'm not sure if any of the activities that I mentioned had anything to do with it or not but hey, it's worth a try!

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[> [> Re: Exclusiveness Within Woodwinds...How To Quell Jealous Sections. -- Nickie, 14:11:16 04/19/05 Tue [1]

A few things that I find interesting...

I've never noticed this kind of animosity in any band or choir I've ever been in. In middle school, in our band, there was animosity WITHIN the section which was often times difficult to reconcile. The "first chair" person always snubbed their nose to the rest of the section.

But in all the choirs I've ever been in, there has never been a problem with tension between sections. I wonder how this is started... where it's root is... and how it can be fixed...?


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[> [> [> Re: Exclusiveness Within Woodwinds...How To Quell Jealous Sections. -- Molly, 17:48:07 02/19/06 Sun [1]

I'd actually have to agree. Throughout all the bands I've been in, I've never noticed jealousy or agressive emotions towards the other sections, other than occasionally harsh words towards a specific sections (stupid drummers...; what WERE those flutes THINKING?), but sometimes that tends to be more a personal problem.... It always seems to be within the sections, and that can lead to a problem, especially with younger students who have a harder time reconciling and working with each other. Sometimes the person at the head of the section is easily angered by the others or maybe you just want to kill that guy who sits ahead of you.
Besides, I think that getting along within sections and with other sections is something that the young students will grow into, because you cannot make students like one another, but you can enforce the idea of cooperation instead.


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