[philmont] Packing in Music

If there is a lack of musical talent among the staff at Philmont, the
staff at Pueblano last year certainly was an exception. The amount of
musical and comedic talent at Pueblano was amazing. Our guys thought
it was the highlight of staffed camps on our trek.

Dan Preston
On May 22, 2007, at 4:14 PM, Dr. Bob Klein wrote:

> Well, I can't say whether there's an official policy, but I took my
> Martin backpacker in 2005 and nobody said squat. And believe me, I
> will never be mistaken for a fine guitarist. And my guitar was very
> popular everywhere we went. But I had two rules - "No Smoke and No
> Stairway", and "If YOU borrowed it, YOU return it to me", no matter
> how many other people handle it in between my handing it to you and
> you handing it back to me.
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> There are two "general" things I have noted about the music scene at
> Philmont, both none too good. First, fewer and fewer staff camps have
> any musicians (used to be just about every camp had at least one
> beat-up guitar laying around); and Second, very few staffers and
> almost no trekkers know any of the classic Philmont music from
> PhilSongs or even Rod Taylor's independent stuff or the Tabasco
> Donkeys. Anything you can do to alleviate either situation is a plus,
> at least in my mind.
>
> And if there really is a rule against trekkers having guitars in the
> backcountry, the only thing that will be clear and copious are my
> tears.
>
> - Dr. Bob
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> Dave Haynie wrote:
>> Hi All-
>> A question came up lately, and I'd like some Philmont experience
>> on it. As a musician, one of the first things I did to prepare for
>> Philmont was to check out "the music scene", as it were. I have at
>> least two versions of a lyric/chordbook for Philmont songs, I've
>> corresponded with a dozen or so people who've taken guitars (usually
>> Martin Backpackers, which I've owned and used on non-BSA trails for
>> some
>> time now) and other instruments along, and relate very positive
>> experiences. I found out last weekend that one of our crew members,
>> one of
>> three Scouts from a neighboring troop, and the youngest on our crew,
>> is
>> a fine guitarist, with four years of lessons. Yet he's been told,
>> somewhere along the way, that musical instruments are verboten at
>> Philmont (and, for that matter, our Troop's yearly trek to Gettysburg,
>> although our Scoutmaster has actively enouraged the appropriate bit of
>> campfire music). Is this something real? I double-checked the
>> Philmont site just
>> recently, and some other online resources, and couldn't find anything
>> suggesting that instrument music was banned. Obviously, you might have
>> some management issues with kids and loud music, but that's pretty
>> much
>> rended moot by the fact it has to be carried... backpack instruments
>> aren't loud, no matter what you do. And of course, that extra 2.3lbs
>> for
>> the guitar is probably not the best plan for an 80lbs kid, but it's no
>> biggie for me... I've taken mine along for all our training hikes.
>> What are your experiences, and is there some official work on
>> this? Thanks!
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