Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 2008/10

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Boy Friend (musical)
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:40:39 -0400

I remember seeing the show, though I never played it. The music as best as
I can recall it, is a lot ricky-ticky stuff, not very far displaced from
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm.

I am pleased to have brought my substantial and magnificent musicological
talents so as to shed light on Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm, the band
responsible for the cymbal smash (not crash -- that's something else). And
for future use, I know all four choruses of Saint James Infirmary, as well
as 135 verses of Mademoiselle from Armentiere, 134 of which are xxx rated.

If there is anything else I can do for you, please hesitate to ask..

Dan Leeson
dnleeson@-----.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Haaser, Steven A." <Steven.Haaser@-----.edu>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:10 AM
Subject: [kl] The Boy Friend (musical)

> Has anyone on the list played the musical The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson?
> In 35 years of pit playing, this show is unknown to me. I've learned it
> is
> a pastiche of 1920s style music but that is all I=B9ve learned. I've been
> offered a job to play 4 performances on 2 rehearsals for a school
> production. I was told the book was straight Bb clarinet.
>
> What can the collective wisdom report? Off-line responses are fine since
> this might not be a high-interest topic for the list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Haaser
> Steven.haaser@-----.edu
>
>
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