Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-07-29 20:39
All good stories, thanks all for the contributions and I hope to see more.
But I have to say that John Gibson's story about the principal clarinetist becoming ill and John as 2nd having to play 1st on the spot is perhaps the most compelling. I wonder what fraction of high end 2nds on clarinet, violin, or quarterback are really ready if the occasion demands it. I'd wager you didn't get a lot of congratulations, all just supposed to be in a day's work. Is "ready to cover 1st" part of the 2nd's job description anyway, or just a good idea?
Back on the FB thread about my commencement in 1970, somebody confessed to being part of a well planned "mouse release". So all this time I thought the mouse was a natural part of that big old venue I was mistaken. I bet there were and still are mice in the Houston Coliseum (if it's still standing).
Another HS band story not quite the same flavor... at a 1968 outdoor campaign event for Richard Nixon, we played "Hail to the Chief", which I thought then and still think was poor taste- as he was only a candidate at that point. If anybody got upset I never heard about it. But I've also never been aware of that song used for any other candidates who weren't already President.
Stan in Orlando
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