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They Shall Have Music!

What drives WC? Probably all - the Walter Brennans who only hear the notes and everything else is noise, the Joel McCreas who don't really know what they're up against but plow through with no regard for "can't", the parent volunteers who block the staircase and serve in the cook truck just to hear Johnny play and Suzi sing (not sure why all those protective mothers and other guests' ticket prices didn't keep the instrument supplier at bay in this example, but I digress).

But certainly, above all, it takes the genetic and learned talent of those angelic faces of children looking lovingly up at our activity's Jasha Heifetz.

Maybe a more poignant question to clarify the OP's question is: Who is our activity's Heifetz?

I suppose each corps needs its own Heifetz. (I haven't seen the film, but that's based on the WP page).

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But it is too close to the flame to ask if the activity have a Heifetz? Could it be DCI?

Perhaps here are some from the past:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7GttwLodlE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ZuERwCyMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQTBiCZY4I (skip to about the 3 minute mark)

And of course ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=durOxs3MZ7E (also about the 3 minute mark)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBP5vtz72NA

Also, wasn't there a dean of music who did the broadcast one year? I can't remember who or when, but I remember him saying of Phantom "Well, I hope they win!" or some such. Not a dean of journalism, apparently. Does it ring a bell or am I just ringing my own bell?

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Perhaps here are some from the past:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7GttwLodlE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ZuERwCyMA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQTBiCZY4I (skip to about the 3 minute mark)

And of course ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=durOxs3MZ7E (also about the 3 minute mark)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBP5vtz72NA

Also, wasn't there a dean of music who did the broadcast one year? I can't remember who or when, but I remember him saying of Phantom "Well, I hope they win!" or some such. Not a dean of journalism, apparently. Does it ring a bell or am I just ringing my own bell?

I believe that gentleman was from Indiana University, and he also said that he hoped the kids would want to seek out the source music after being exposed to the work in this activity.

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