Klarinet Archive - Posting 000102.txt from 2003/11

From: "Don Hatfield" <dhatfield@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music Jokes
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:05:54 -0500

Interesting how jokes get "tweaked" the more they get passed around...here's
a third slightly different version...note what the clarinet section was up
to...

An orchestra was giving a huge concert, playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Since this is a rather long and difficult piece of music to play, there was
a scheduled intermission immediately before the last movement.
During this time, the bass players decided to run across the street from the
concert hall, and grab a few quick drinks to help them make it through the
last movement.
The first and second chair clarinet players were having a secret affair, and
snuck into the practice rooms for a rendezvous.
Not to be left out, the concertmaster thought that it would be real cute to
pay a practical joke on the conductor, who he had a running feud with for
several years. He snuck up to the podium during intermission, and with some
string that he had hidden in his suit coat, he proceeded to tie knots around
the musical score that the conductor used to lead the orchestra.
Finally, the intermission was over, and the conductor walked up to the
podium, ready to lift his baton to begin the final movement. He immediately
discovered the problems facing him: It was the bottom of the Ninth, the
basses were loaded, two were out, and the score was tied.

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