Sunday, March 20, 2011
Conformity at the Heritage Festival of San Diego
This weekend at San Diego Buckley walked away with many awards. The Spirit Award is by far the most prestigious award we won this year. I can not remember the last time we won the Spirit Award at Heritage. Nevertheless, the purpose of this blog is not to reflect on our numerous rewards but on a specific performance that I was forced to witness during this three day event. Though I have forgotten the name of the school I will never forget the overwhelming visual that was presented before my eyes. Not only was this one of the biggest full orchestra's I have ever seen but the intense homogeneity of the group was even more staggering. This group was comprised of only Asian performers with two or three individuals of other races and they all played string instruments. However their racial homogeneity was made even more ostentatious when one heard the skill with which they all played. Now, we all know that off stage these are all individuals in their own worlds, with own ideas and personalities. But when they were all on that stage together playing in such unity such conformity, each sacrificing their sound for the enhancement of the group, it was truly impressive.
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Adam, Interesting observations.
ReplyDeleteAdam, i agree with your observations. I also feel strongly with your opinion about the Asian group. The way they all looked the same on the stage, but that is just a facade that conceals their individual identities.
ReplyDeleteWow Adam. I wish I couldv'e been there. It's pretty amazing what music and conformity can do to a group of individuals. Like you said, even though off the stage the obtained different ideas and personalities, when they play music together as a group with all the same movements it seems as though they are one. Nice blog Fos
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