Klarinet Archive - Posting 000525.txt from 2002/11

From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re Tony Pay's comments
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:55:53 -0500

Dan, Could you describe the exact location of this swampland
please?(Just kidding). This group certainly has a character of its own
(including some very colorful characters) and I've enjoyed every minute
of it. Christy Erickson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Leeson [mailto:leeson0@-----.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:51 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Re Tony Pay's comments
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> I think I know Tony Pay's sense of humor to recognize it a mile away.
> And for those who took his comments about Americans to be either
serious
> or believed by him, or that his anger was aroused, then there is some
> swampland in Florida that I would like to sell you. Tony uses what I
> call, "Humor of the Extreme" which is to create comedy by contrasting
a
> ton of rock with an ounce of powder. But, if one is unprepared for
that
> kind of comedy, it can come as a shock.
>
> When he and I were playing in San Diego together, we decided to take a
> group picture with him, me, my wife, the orchestra manager (a woman
> incidentally, but her gender is important to the story), and another
> clarinetist, the woman-professor of clarinet at UCSD and who was
playing
> basset horn that evening. So we lined up to take the picture and no
one
> could get a realistic smile from us, or at least the photographer said
so.
>
> So I said, "When you are ready, let me know. I'll get this group to
> smile but I can only do it once."
>
> After fumbling around, the photographer said, "OK. I'm ready." At
> which which point, I came out with an untypical obscene statement.
> Everyone in the group started to laugh, and the photograph took the
> picture. It was a very good example of "Humor of the Extreme."
Tony's
> remark about Americans was, too. For a pizza, I'll tell you how to
get
> everyone to smile when a picture is about to be taken.
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