Klarinet Archive - Posting 000253.txt from 1998/03

From: Stan Elias <elias@-----.net>
Subj: Re: marching band
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:41:56 -0500

> Scott Morrow writes:
>
> > C'mon, Mark! You can't play piano in marching band!!! (Although wouldn't it
> > be fun to field an entire band of accordions?!! "An-a-one! An-a-two!")

They do this every year on January 1 in Philadelphia. It's called the Mummers'
Parade. The marching units are composed of banjos, accordions, saxophones,
glockenspiels and an occasional string bass. The marchers are all in incredibly
ornate costumes and insensitive to the cold because of the heavy-duty partying the
night before, but they can still march in a (relatively) straight line. The route
goes north on Broad Street from Snyder Avenue to the reviewing stands at City
Hall. And there is no truth to the rumor that one of the questions on Curtis
Institute's entrance exam is "Name all the ways in which an accordion resembles a
musical instrument."