[Harp-L] Harmonica cutting contest at SPAH

[George Brooks <gbrooksvt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry if I came down hard, Phil.  If it's a friendly and low key affair 
you had in mind, I certainly wouldn't call it a cutting contest.  Those 
two words have an established meaning, and it's anything but friendly 
and low key.  But even putting the label aside, my personal belief is 
that a formal competition would go against the spirit of SPAH.  If it 
were simply a matter of letting the audience form its own opinion about 
the performances I would have no reservations, but you proposed having 
judges, who would presumably declare winners (and, by necessary 
implication, losers).  I do not fault you at all for raising the idea - 
this forum is all about open discussion.  I just think it's a bad one.

George

p.s.  Smo-Joe is just in favor of the idea because he'd win.