Klarinet Archive - Posting 000169.txt from 2009/03

From: Roger Hewitt <rogerclarinet@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fanfare for Gordon Brown in Brazil
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:15:40 -0400


Nice of them to arrange a fanfare to celebrate Gordon Brown's massacre! Sh=
ame they not only failed on the musical front, but that Gordo survived too.=
=0A=0AI know of a story where, after a Royal marriage in UK, the happy coup=
le set off for their honeymoon. As the couple started, a few fanfare playe=
rs were dispatched to "send them off". The choice of players was limited t=
o those who were still actually in uniform (or near enough) and no time was=
available for a briefing. Off they went and the ranking officer chose to =
play "Mount Up" and was suitably carpeted later when the unsuitability was =
realised.=0A=0ARoger H (in UK)=0A=0A=0A--- On Sun, 29/3/09, Oliver Seely <o=
seely@-----.edu>=0A> Su=
bject: [kl] Fanfare for Gordon Brown in Brazil=0A> To: klarinet@-----.or=
g=0A> Date: Sunday, 29 March, 2009, 5:23 AM=0A> I caught the arrival of Gor=
don Brown=0A> in Brazil on BBC World News a couple of days ago and was=0A> =
amused to hear the fanfare welcoming his arrival to be=0A> massacred.=A0 Pa=
rt of it is now on YouTube at=0A> =0A> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DF-D=
8ovhIJ8Y=0A> =0A> This clip misses the first few measures which were even=
=0A> worse if my memory serves me, but you get the general idea.=0A> =0A> F=
or those of you who have been in military bands, how are=0A> the musicians =
chosen when they are needed for particular=0A> events involving the arrival=
of world leaders?=A0 Does an=0A> official enter a military dormitory and s=
ay "I need you, you=0A> and you at the airport in an hour," which would cer=
tainly=0A> explain how errors in judgment could be made?=0A> =0A> Oliver=0A=
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