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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2005/05

From: Lim Sze Ai <elsa15@-----.sg>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Playing for buffaloes
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:22:19 -0400

that's close enough! :D

*mooooooooooooo* (cow/ buffalo) ;p

Esther
--- Keith <100012.1302@-----.com> wrote:

> I have never played before buffaloes, but once on a tour to
> Gibraltar, I
> played a piano trio in a church hall. Just before the start of the
> concert,
> 24 nuns marched in to reserved seats in the front two rows, folded
> their
> arms in their habits and put on their inscrutable looks. We started
> playing.
> No reaction at all, no sense of enjoyment. The three of us began
> instinctively to wind up the speed in an attempt to generate some
> excitement. Faster and faster. Then when a long piano interlude came
> up, I
> realised "Jim can't play it at that speed". But he did. However, he
> had much
> less time than normal for the page turn, took a fast swipe at the
> part but
> instead of turning the page it flew on the floor. By that time the
> rest of
> us were playing and couldn't help him. Not one nun moved to help. He
> steamed
> on for quite a while from memory but in the end had to give up. We
> restarted
> at a manageable speed and finished... but still did not crack the
> trace of a
> smile from any of the nuns! They might as well have been buffaloes!
>
> Keith Bowen
>
>
> >
> > Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:37:36 +0800
> > To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> > From: "Lim Sze Ai, Esther" <elsa15@-----.sg>
> > Subject: RE: [DR-L] Quote of the Dayoth insticntively
> > Message-ID: <002901c5576d$1f75e900$6501a8c0@Ai>
> >
> > This sounds like a Chinese idiom that we have! (Almost exact
> > translation = it
> > seems!)
> >
> > On some occasions, I've felt, as a performer, that the group
> > that I am performing with, is playing the 'harp' for an
> > audience of 'buffaloes'
> > (imagine the audience flicking their tales, chewing on grass,
> > and = blinking slowly at the performers, regardless of what
> > music is being played)
> >
> > :D
> >
> > Esther
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Oboeeee@-----.com]=20
> > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:59 AM
> > To: doublereed@-----.org
> > Subject: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
> >
> > "Futility: playing a harp before a buffalo"
> >
> > -Anonymous =20
>
>
>
>
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