Why go for band concerts?

Yoz!

*an attempt to bring this place back to life...*

Hey wind band concerts in Singapore are getting less and less entertaining. Every band seems to be playing the same repertoire, doing the same things, with the same instrumentation, doing the same gimmicks, EVEN GETTING THE SAME GUEST PLAYERS! On contrary, chinese music is getting more westernized, injecting more creativity in their performances, AND at the same time, performing with higher level of musicality and more professionally. (I've been on chinese orchestra concerts so that's just my personal opinion)
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainmentfeatures/view/434818/1/.html

One reason is probably due to the fact that most bands organize concerts solely because they HAVE to organize one in order to keep up the tradition eg. abc band's concert XIIXV. Going back to fundamentals, concerts are held for a commercial reason, simply said, to make money, which competition for that business is the drive for every band's rise in performance standard. The loss in this drive is what's causing the fall of bands today.

This makes us wonder... why are we still going for band concerts?

"yes I'm trying to start a debate... so pls reply"

Vincent