[philmont] Packing in Music

On Tue, 22 May 2007 21:27:17 -0400, "doug marquis" <dmarquis1@comcast.net> jammed all night, and by sunrise was heard saying:

> You've gotten a lot of good advice and some good comments. I'll just add
> this-- "Heck yes! Bring it!"

Yeah, I have pretty much been planning on it... it's gone to all the
shakedowns, I even take it along on our training hikes (these days,
along with all my other Philmont gear and 34lbs in extra weight). But
I'm curious where some Scouts are getting the idea musical instruments
might be prohibited, or even simply frowned upon. I'll follow up with
the Scout in question, could just be something local his his troop.
 
> I'll second the caution about wear and tear on the trail, though.

Well, yeah, I think that's unavoidable... and also one reason trail
guitars are on the cheap side -- nothing that can't eventually be
replaced. But yeah, I plan to take sensible precautions. I'm all for
lending the guitar, and maybe picking up some tips along the way (I'm
relatively new to guitar, my main instrument for the last 20 years has
been Harmonica and voice... I plan to bring those along, too).

> And Dr. Bob's suggestion about bringing strings is right on the money.

Yeah, that's a great idea.

> (He's also right that the musical culture at the Ranch is a bit different
> than it was in the 80's or '90's, but it's still there.)

Also encouraging... from what I've read various places on-line, they
really did seem to have a significant musical culture, and I was looking
forward to that (among lots of other things), so it's good to hear isn't
not vanished.

Thanks all!

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> From: "Dave Haynie" <dave@daretowntroop60.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:44 PM
> Subject: [philmont] Packing in Music
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> > 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!
> > --
> > Dave Haynie
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