Klarinet Archive - Posting 001157.txt from 2003/03

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Musical instrument accidents.
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:04:57 -0500

I would imagine that any toe tapping would make quite a noise in=20
rollerskates, but I'm sure you kept your feet still.

On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 08:58 PM, Rachael and David Orbach=20
wrote:

> I was in the Santa Monica Symphonic Band, which plays for all the
> important events of the City of Santa Monica. We were playing for the
> annual Fourth of July Extravanganza, starting at 3:00pm on the=20
> promenade
> above the beach on Ocean Avenue. I had been stuck in traffic so I was
> late. I sat in the car fuming at the traffic. There were no parking
> places anywhere, so I parked in the Mall parking lot, hoped that I
> wouldn't get a ticket, (but I did) saw that that the time was 2:55.
> Luckly, I had a pair of rollerskates in the trunk. I used to
> rollerskate the boardwalk in Venice each Tuesday, my day off work. I
> worked at JCPenney, as a Merchandising Manager, so had to work=20
> weekends,
> but had days off during the week instead. So, I looked at the time,
> strapped on the rollerskates, carefully rolled out of the parking
> garage, and went off like a shot toward the ocean. I made it right in
> time! I played first chair, so my seat was waiting for me on the
> outside, I rolled down the hill, making a grand entrance, the =
conductor
> Wally Umber raised his eyebrow for me as I put together just in time=20=

> for
> the downbeat of Stars and Stripes!
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> Rachael and David Orbach
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Yours truly,

Richard Bush
Maker of 'BasSonic' bassoon reeds
760 Robins Avenue
Ogden, UT 84404
(801) 393-7265
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