Keeping Us Connected -- Weekly Questions for Members

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  If you could invite a guest artist to play with the BCB, who would it be?
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  Wouldn't it be great to perform with Michael Bublé? He could sing all the standards. It's perfect for the BCB.
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  If you had to play an instrument other than one you play now, which would it be?
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  @Pualanasn Good to know. Thank you
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  What made you choose to play the instrument that you play in the BCB?
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  When I was a kid I was obsessed with Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet. I especially love the clarinet lines throughout. When I was offered the chance to learn an instrument at age 11, I knew exactly which one I wanted to play...clarinet. I also learned to play saxophone and played in jazz bands when I was in school, but I have always come back to my original love, the clarinet.
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  If you could pick the theme for a BCB concert, what would it be?
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  @TeresaWhite I like the trivia idea - I think it's been tossed around as an idea before, but never implemented. Anything to get the audience more involved!
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  What's your favourite BCB concert venue?
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  My favourite venue is the Central Park Bandshell. There's something magical about playing an outdoor concert on a soft summer's evening that just makes me feel that all is right with the world. It was also the "big stage" in Burlington when I was growing up and one that I've been playing on since I was a kid. So many great memories.
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  What's your favourite BCB Memory?
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  Somewhat similar to Jerry Ford's recollection I remember what was probably my first time coming out to band under Cliff Hunt. There were only 3 or 4 trumpets there but cliff called out Amparito Roca. I expected Eric Ford, then leading the Teen tour, who could play rings around me, to play the first part and solo but even though he knew nothing about me he said I should do it. Fortunately I had played it before in the girls and Boys band and possibly the early days of the concert band before Cliff. I got through it without a hitch and Cliff liked me ever since then.
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  What's your favourite piece you've played with the BCB and why?
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  @Dannomyte I agree with you about Christmas Festival. I first played it in 1970, and I'd only been playing flute for three years, and the busy flute part during Oh Come All Ye Faithful seemed so impossible at that time. I still like the piece.
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  What piece would you most like the BCB to play, and why?
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  Those both help @lisa-yl, but it's really the marches.