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Why not cut corners, drop a syllable, and invent 'QuadCentennial'? The
scan would be the same as with 'BiCentennial' and 'TerCentennial'.
John Weiss
Randy Cabell wrote:
>Inspired by a CD of the 1907 and 1957 Jamestowne commissioned music that I picked up last week down there, I have decided to apply my creative juices to writing a march. The easy part is roughing it out and entering the notes. I have scheduled lotsa drums and trumpets, horns and rippling piccolos...... The hard part is picking a title, and I need some academic help here.
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>The logical title is:
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> "The Jamestowne Quadracentennial March"
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>But the extra syllable in Quadra eliminates the 'flow' that we have with 'Centennial', 'BiCentennial' and 'TerCentennial'.
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>Is there another Greek, Latin, or English prefix which means '4' and sounds better than 'Quadra'. A free copy of the march for your favorite high school, college, or community band to the winner.
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>Randy Cabell
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