Klarinet Archive - Posting 000946.txt from 1999/02

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Little Night Music
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:46:57 -0500

CmdrHerel@-----.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/25/99 8:25:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> scottdmorrow@-----.com writes:
>
> << >This has got to be my all time favorite show that I've played!
> >
> >The music is rollicking and fun as is the show itself. Everything I
> like in a
> >plot is there: Love, sex, scandel, angst and fun
>
> And that's just in the orchestra pit! >>
>
> Well, we did get a thrill one night when the ball of yarn the girl drops came
> undone and came bouncing into the pit... We were in a very deep pit and this
> bright red ball of yarn (needed for the plot) comes hopping in and we're
> going, "Oh my God what do we do what do we do!" Our clever and quick thinking
> bassoonist simply grabbed it and held it up very high over our heads within
> reach of the actors (and view of the audience by their chuckles). The yarn
> was retrieved, the plot continued, and we had our angst and fun for the night!
> :)
>
> Teri Herel
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

A ball of yarn is one thing! I was in a pit playing "Fiddler on the Roof" when a
VERY heavy candle stick holder came crashing into the pit. Luckily, it missed all
of us and our horns. From that night on, during that scene, we watched overhead
and only occasionally looked at the director.

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