Klarinet Archive - Posting 000153.txt from 2001/05

From: JMarioneau@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Revelli (Last One)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:34:40 -0400

When Revelli was directin the Texas All-State Band in 1976, he was mad
because a chime player was not playing the chimes at the right time. Revelli
worked with the player and told him to set the mallet on the chime, then
don't look at the chime when he stikes it, look at the conductor. The
student would set the mallet on the chime, then just as Revelli cued him, he
would glance at the chime before pulling the mallet off the chime to strike
it. Of course that was not what Revelli wanted, so he worked over and over
with the student until he finally did it. He said "mallet on," the student
would put the mallet on then Revelli cued silently and the student played.
He did this over and over then he said "You can even do it with your eyes
closed, try it. Mallet on," then he conducted in the same rhythm he had been
doin and the student played exactly on cue. Then Revelli said with a smile
on his face "If you had your eyes closed, how did you know I cued you?"
Brought down the house.

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