bigmamabadger
Active Member
We have a nasty and potentially threatening situation in our band at the moment.
We have 4 horns, a Solo, 2 1sts and 1 2nd.
The 2nd 1st and the 2nd (lets call them Miss Y and Mrs Z) really would like to progress and better themselves because they both feel they're not being challenged enough. Their best solution involved allowing Miss Y to swap parts on an occasional basis with the Solo player (Mrs W) and allowing Mrs Z to swap parts on an occasional basis with the 1st 1st (Miss X). Are you with me so far? Sound reasonable?
On recieving this information from the conductor (Mr Q), Mrs W and Miss X spat their dummies and became a tad unreasonable. They appeared to sulk, refused to talk to Miss Y and Mrs Z and told Mr Q they felt humiliated, that the whole band was sneering at them and they were being unfairly demoted.
This was never the intention of Miss Y and Mrs Z, all they wanted was the occasional chance to play a more demanding part. As far as can be ascertained Miss Y and Mrs Z have not made any unreasonable demands and have not as yet resorted to violence. However, they intend to stand their gound.
Mr Q is on the point of doing a Pontius Pilate, reasonably enough and has pointed out that entire bands have been brought down by less.
Any helpful suggestions? Does anyone think Miss Y and Mrs Z are being unreasonable in their request? Anyone in the UN prepared to come and oversee?
OK I'm being a bit flippant, but this is a serious situation and we'd like to get out of it with our sanity and the horn section intact and speaking to each other. And sharing the odd vodka like in the old days.
Yours in desperation,
BMB
We have 4 horns, a Solo, 2 1sts and 1 2nd.
The 2nd 1st and the 2nd (lets call them Miss Y and Mrs Z) really would like to progress and better themselves because they both feel they're not being challenged enough. Their best solution involved allowing Miss Y to swap parts on an occasional basis with the Solo player (Mrs W) and allowing Mrs Z to swap parts on an occasional basis with the 1st 1st (Miss X). Are you with me so far? Sound reasonable?
On recieving this information from the conductor (Mr Q), Mrs W and Miss X spat their dummies and became a tad unreasonable. They appeared to sulk, refused to talk to Miss Y and Mrs Z and told Mr Q they felt humiliated, that the whole band was sneering at them and they were being unfairly demoted.
This was never the intention of Miss Y and Mrs Z, all they wanted was the occasional chance to play a more demanding part. As far as can be ascertained Miss Y and Mrs Z have not made any unreasonable demands and have not as yet resorted to violence. However, they intend to stand their gound.
Mr Q is on the point of doing a Pontius Pilate, reasonably enough and has pointed out that entire bands have been brought down by less.
Any helpful suggestions? Does anyone think Miss Y and Mrs Z are being unreasonable in their request? Anyone in the UN prepared to come and oversee?
OK I'm being a bit flippant, but this is a serious situation and we'd like to get out of it with our sanity and the horn section intact and speaking to each other. And sharing the odd vodka like in the old days.
Yours in desperation,
BMB