Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2001/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Revelli (Last One)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 17:53:16 -0400

At 11:34 AM 5/4/2001 -0400, JMarioneau wrote:
>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.

Thanks for sharing a relatively NICE Revelli story. I was sure he couldn't
have been mean ALL the time!

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

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