Doublereed Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2005/07
From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net> Subj: [DR-L] Really Terrible Orch. Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:50:19 -0400
Take a few minutes to read some of the bios; they're hillarious. Gotta love
that British Isles wit.
Miriam
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From: "Ian White" <ianw@-----.uk>
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Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 4:28 AM
Subject: [DR-L] Re: Famous amateur bassoonists?
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>> The chap on the 20 pound note would probably rate somewhere
>> up on the list...
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> Very true Guy - I assume you mean the chap with the mustache not the clean
> shaven one on the other side? (I see these notes every day but had never
> noticed who's on the back).
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> Then there's the writer (also professor of medical law) Alexander McCall
> Smith. I don't know if you see his books in US. But he is an amateur
> bassoonist - he plays in 'The Really Terrible Orchestra' in Edinburgh.
> http://thereallyterribleorchestra.com
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> Ian White
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