tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9596681.post7167093515261412323..comments2023-11-02T06:51:41.017-07:00Comments on G's Free Thoughts : Society for the Advancement and Preservation of the HarmonicaMr. Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03614416159253437938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9596681.post-5370301857025863042007-08-22T08:52:00.000-07:002007-08-22T08:52:00.000-07:00Hi Adam -It is hard for an all-volunteer organizat...Hi Adam -<BR/><BR/>It is hard for an all-volunteer organization to do everything that could be done to construct a perfect event, and the Milwaukee Harmonica Club and SPAH put on a solid event. Inclusiveness may have not been a priority; the blues is not a topic of interest for about half of SPAH's membership. If African American participation is to increase, SPAH members (like me) will have to step up and make it happen. <BR/><BR/>Great to meet you at SPAH<BR/><BR/>GMr. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614416159253437938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9596681.post-9818627668951743372007-08-21T14:38:00.000-07:002007-08-21T14:38:00.000-07:00Nice write up. I agree with you completely about ...Nice write up. I agree with you completely about the strange absence of African American harp players. I don't necessarily expect them as members of the organization, but I do expect the organization to invite them as performers--and to make a special effort to do so. Call it affirmative action, if you want, although that terms seems inappropriate when what we're talking about is a tradition (blues harmonica) in which 95% of the great players before 1960 were black guys. (I'm thinking about Wayne Rainey as the token white guy.) Given the proximity of this year's SPAH meeting to Chicago, more could have been done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com