Klarinet Archive - Posting 000262.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: clarinet works
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 19:30:01 -0400

Now, I really laughed at the pun......very funny! Thanks Connie!

RG

> On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> > "clams".....a term that refers to mistakes....often brass player
> > "spleeyas", but can refer to a missed note in any instrument.
>
> A few years ago, after playing the show "Camelot," I found myself
> comparing notes with a horn-playing friend. He, too, had played the
> show, but in another production. Because of some of the difficulties in
> the horn parts, he said that horn players had renamed the musical, "Clam
> a Lot."
>
> Connie
>
> Conrad Josias
> La Canada, California
>