Klarinet Archive - Posting 000464.txt from 2000/02

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Marching Kaspars
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:43:00 -0500

--- Christopher Hill <Christopherhill@-----.net> wrote:

> I think he gave it to some kid to use in marching band.

I'm sorry, but I had to laugh out loud at this comment!
It's just hilarious to think of this kid marching down
the street playing on one of the 'legendary' Kaspars.
Some of you may remember during your own marching band
days that some competitions involved judges weaving in
and out of the formation with a small tape recorder in
hand. They record their comments about such things as
the diagonals and musicality and pitch, and then your
band director plays them back to you during the next
band session at school:

"Okay, so we have fine group here, all nicely aligned.
Impressive diagonals from the flutes back to the trom-
bones. Let's take a listen to the clarinets as they
pass me by. Isn't this interesting. That one young
man over there has a remarkably lush and centered tone
for a high schooler. Wait a sec...my GOD, he's playing
on a Kaspar!!" <*thud* as the judge faints and is tram-
pled by the drum line>

-- Neil
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