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A total of sixteen schools participated in the Hokkaido representative competition.
Most of them are from the Sapporo metropolitan area in Hokkaido, and the most eye-catching team is the Seijo Girls' College in the center of Sapporo.
Dressed in snow-white brass uniforms, after getting off the bus, they waved to the audience wherever they went.
Many female classmates in Jubei were holding their musical instruments, and they were all envious of this scene.
“When can we be like them?”
"Soon!" someone said confidently.
"How long is soon?"
"Anyway, we will become this powerful sooner or later! Let's work hard together, under the leadership of Mr. Fujii and Mr. Akai!"
That's what it says.
However, with the excellent example of the people from the Holy Maiden College, everyone still lacked confidence. For a moment, the atmosphere in the team was a little gloomy.
Who says that Saint Girls' College has always been hailed as the symbol of wind music in Hokkaido?
Most of the students there are daughters from wealthy families.
"come on!!"
"come on!!"
"Students from Taisho Tachibana Kita! Come on!!"
Someone heard the sound and looked over curiously, and found that there were two uncles in their thirties holding signs and cheering them on.
Soon, more students noticed it and looked over.
"We have supporters again!"
"That's true, but they were probably the ones holding the sign just now. Come on! Were they shouting for us to hear?"
"Stupid Li-chan! The uncle is calling out 'classmates of Taisho Tachibana Kita'! That must be us!"
“Do we still have uncle fans?”
Compared to the countless supporters of Holy Maiden College, these two supporters must be rare and insignificant.
But precisely because compared to the many supporters of the Holy Maiden College, these two scarce people are more precious in everyone's eyes.
Think about it, everyone goes to support the Saint, but there are still people willing to support Ju Bei here, who wouldn’t be moved?
Look, Yang Kui Chitose saw a few girls in the club who were easily sad, and was so moved that she secretly wiped away tears. Her good friend was taking care of her.
A few bolder girls responded boldly, waving at the two uncles with a smile.
"Hey! See? They are responding to us!"
"What a fan of ours! So funny!"
"Quick, wave again, see if they will wave and say come on again?"
"Okay! It's time! Everyone gather!"
"Teacher Fujii is calling for assembly. Stop playing and hurry up!"
Girls in pleated skirts began to gather in twos and threes, and then, after being reminded and encouraged by Fujii Itsuki, they slowly walked into the waiting room of the concert venue.
off the field.
Komuro Teru waited until the Tachibana Kita Brass Band gathered and entered the venue before he put down the sign in his hand.
"water!"
He quickly asked Kawabata Masahiko for a bottle of mineral water and took a big gulp to moisten his throat. The shouts of "Come on" just now had made his voice hoarse.
Kawabata Masahiko looked at his colleague speechlessly, "Have you been a fan of the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble for a long time?"
"No."
"Don't you always support the Saint?"
Komuro Teru drank the entire bottle of water, waved his hands, and spoke after a while:
"Don't you think that Tachibana Kita's classmates are all cute?"
Kawabata Masahiko remembered that several girls had waved back at them before entering the venue, and then he touched his chin and nodded:
"That's true."
"Yesterday I looked at a lot of information about the Jubei Wind Ensemble, and I found that this year's members are completely different from those in previous years. What do you think this means?"
"Have all the old members gone to higher education?"
"Reorganization!" Komuro Teru emphasized, and looked at the place where the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble disappeared, "The Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble has been reorganized! They are all newcomers now! Kids nowadays, no, I should say people nowadays, need support.
"The Tachibana North Wind Ensemble has just been reorganized, and the members who have joined must be newcomers. Their slogan is to enter the national competition. Kawabata, you said, entering the national competition must be difficult for a newly reorganized club, right?"
"That's for sure." Kawabata Masahiko nodded.
"And now, they have all come to the representative competition. Needless to say, they have put in a lot of effort and hard work during this period. But there are only a few people who support them. If you put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel?"
"A bit. Not worth it?"
"That's it. I shouted for so long just now because I wanted to give them some confidence so that they can perform better today."
Kawabata Masahiko was stunned, "I didn't expect you to be so kind!"
Komuro Teru waved his hand, "What are you talking about? After all, Tachibana Kita is our local team in Hokkaido, and a rising star, so we should take care of them. Look at those people on the Internet who don't think highly of Tachibana Kita. They talk about who is stronger all day long. There's nothing else to discuss except this. Isn't this infighting?"
The National Wind Music Competition is a large-scale event.
Where there are large events, there are bound to be large numbers of spectators.
Spectators are a necessity for competitions.
Because in modern professional competitions, audience participation not only increases the atmosphere of the game, but also brings economic benefits to the game.
This income can be returned to the team in various forms such as ticket revenue, advertising sponsorship, and broadcasting rights.
Once capital investment is attracted, more talents will be attracted to join, forming a virtuous circle.
In fact, in Japan today, some schools have already begun to build reputations for some famous wind orchestras.
The method used is similar to that of idols.
The star-making of famous school bands, the development of school-related products, the support of social media and online fan culture, the maintenance of competition and support between schools, the investment in themes such as documentaries and special programs, etc.
Doing this will definitely expand the circle, but with expansion, more problems will surely follow.
For example, a war of words caused by disagreements on the Internet.
The quarrel that Komuro Teru just mentioned was due to this.
"But don't worry."
"what?"
As soon as he entered the venue and sat in the audience, Kawabata Masahiko felt that this good friend had been acting weird since yesterday, and why was he so confident and excited now?
"There are some really amazing people in the wind band of Jubei! I'm not bragging, but their performance is just so beautiful! And that was the level of the last county competition. Maybe this time their level will be even higher! I dare not imagine how amazing they can be."
"Is it."
Kawabata Masahiko vaguely remembered what this guy recommended to him after get off work yesterday.
Oh, yes, the song by the Tachibana Kita Wind Ensemble!
He told himself that he must go back and listen.
He didn't care much yesterday, but today he was curious.
"What was the name of that piece of music you mentioned yesterday?"
"Cold Wave!" Komuro Teru answered without hesitation, and asked him excitedly, "You didn't react when I told you yesterday. You definitely didn't listen when I went back. Are you interested now?"
".I was just curious if it was really as amazing as you said yesterday. I didn't take it too seriously."
"Yes! Absolutely! If you don't believe me, I'll play it for you right now!"
"Okay, okay."
Masahiko Kawabata couldn't resist his friend's enthusiasm.
Komuro Teru then took out his Walkman and plugged Duan Yayan's ears with earphones.
Although he is not a professional in wind and symphony music, he has listened to it for a long time and can tell which ones are good and which ones are bad.
The song playing on the Walkman now is called "Cold Wave".
He knew it, the Charles Timberlake tune.
He had heard "Cold Wave" before. The current version of "Cold Wave" played by the Jubei Wind Ensemble should have been slightly modified.
But the piece started with a feminine and sad performance and nothing moved at all.
Kawabata Masahiko tried to calm down and listen.
".?"
It would be fine if you didn't listen to it, but once you do, the violin is played so melancholy that it breaks your heart.
I actually got goose bumps all over my body!
Immediately, he also knew that this violinist had great skills!
Very strong!
What Komuro Teru likes most is the violin.
He thought to himself, no wonder Komuro suddenly praised Tachibana Kita so much last night. It seems that he is really quite good.
Kawabata Masahiko continued to listen. The more he listened, the more his brows furrowed and his expression became more conflicted. In the latter part, when this extremely repressed feeling was released, the song, which symbolized the sunshine after the rain, struck his heart directly, and even he himself could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Hearty!
It’s really exhilarating!
"How is it?" Komuro Teru asked with a smile.
".Is this the Cold Wave Symphony?"
"correct."