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On Tuesday, 20 April 2004 at 8:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus:
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (part of the
Associated Board) has launched a consultation on the
principle and practice of a grades system for Scottish
[proposal for] a grades system for Scottish Traditional Music to
parallel those which currently exist for normal music and jazz
as well as the two systems which ahve been in existence for Irish
traditional music for some time.
Music should be for pleasure (mutual if possible g), the
We may even end up with another music category - 'Art Trad'.
We've already got it. It's what Matt Seattle and David Greenberg do.
It's good stuff and you should listen to some of it.
She already does, Jack (see Erika's earlier posts)
Some great points in your message - love the bit about
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On Wednesday, 21 April 2004 at 3:48 PM, Jack Campin spake thus:
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Grades and competitions are different things. There have always been
competitions in Scottish tradition, back to the piping competitions of
the 18th century.
I never