Martin Millerchip °
SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

HEN MY father had

the band, band

came first. Now,
with so many other activi-
ties, you couldn’t exist using
that avitude.

Ror Smith is reluctant to
admit that he has been teaching
progressive generations of band
members for close to 40 yeazs,
but nevertheless he is still work-
ing hard to ensure the continued
growth of young North Shore
musicians.

On the one hand he admits
that “kids have changed — espe-
cially in the last few years” --
and thai some band practices
leave him wondering why he
does it.

Yet this is the same band
leader who constantly badgers
his board members to work on
increasing enrollment.

Smith is band master for the
beginner, intermediate and jurior
sections of the North Vancouver
Youth Band.

His duties are far more time
consuming than the obvious
band rehearsals that run three
times a week. He says he aver-
ages 15-20 hours per week on
band business.

Smith finds and selects music
for his three bands, whose merm-
bers change every year as stu-
dents move up the ladder to the

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

RON SN!TH has been helping Nerth Shore children find a brass,
noi a tin, ear for almost 40 years with the North Yan Youth Band.

senior band.

“We did jurassic Park last year
and Beauty And The Beast.
Aladdin was a popular one too,
that the students like to play. If
they like to play something
they’li do much better than if

they don’t understand it.

“They don’t understand swing
for instance. It’s not their era and
they don’t ever hear it.

“We did a number last year,

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