Martybucs Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Ritchee came out of the York White Roses ... funny story about when he went Jr to Sr ... he calls Lefty from Sky in the late Spring looking to join NY ... Lefty sez "Wadda ya play kid?" ... Ritchee: "solo soprano" ... Lefty: "I need annuder solo sop like I need a hole in the head (we only had 22) - call me next year kid" ... hence ... Ritchee joins Reading ... true story ...:-) And he never did play With Sky. Interesting. Back in those days, and I know it was true for Buccaneers, that any one of the lead players could have played any of the solos and as far as screaming parts, a lot of them were done by the entire section (i.e. "LaFiesta" had the whole top section going up to B above high C and even at the end of a show, "Ebb Tide" we had Bb above high C, to just name two). That was true for most corps, just listen to the records and you hear some real balls to the wall playing by all the lead sections and not just sops. (BTW, "balls to the wall" expression refers to the centrifugal control used on steam powered machinery. At full power, with no speed limitations, the steel balls on the regulators would lift up pointing towards the wall. Rather benign when compared to what most people think it means.) Edited December 30, 2008 by Martybucs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbuc Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 FWIW....Here ya go... http://www.ritcheeprice.biz/performances.htm Just thought I'd pass it along. Pricie forgot to include the annual Forum gig with Westshore. They usually rock the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Oz Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 FWIW....Here ya go... http://www.ritcheeprice.biz/performances.htm Just thought I'd pass it along. Well ... I knew it was a year with a seven in it that I was not sure of ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Oz Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 And he never did play With Sky. Interesting.Back in those days, and I know it was true for Buccaneers, that any one of the lead players could have played any of the solos and as far as screaming parts, a lot of them were done by the entire section (i.e. "LaFiesta" had the whole top section going up to B above high C and even at the end of a show, "Ebb Tide" we had Bb above high C, to just name two). That was true for most corps, just listen to the records and you hear some real balls to the wall playing by all the lead sections and not just sops. (BTW, "balls to the wall" expression refers to the centrifugal control used on steam powered machinery. At full power, with no speed limitations, the steel balls on the regulators would lift up pointing towards the wall. Rather benign when compared to what most people think it means.) Yes, the proper improper phrase is "TFE" (male reproductive glands fully extended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbuc Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 And he never did play With Sky. Interesting.Back in those days, and I know it was true for Buccaneers, that any one of the lead players could have played any of the solos and as far as screaming parts, a lot of them were done by the entire section (i.e. "LaFiesta" had the whole top section going up to B above high C and even at the end of a show, "Ebb Tide" we had Bb above high C, to just name two). That was true for most corps, just listen to the records and you hear some real balls to the wall playing by all the lead sections and not just sops. (BTW, "balls to the wall" expression refers to the centrifugal control used on steam powered machinery. At full power, with no speed limitations, the steel balls on the regulators would lift up pointing towards the wall. Rather benign when compared to what most people think it means.) That Marty is just a plethera of totally useless knowledge! (But one hell of a horn player) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanciD Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Well ... I knew it was a year with a seven in it that I was not sure of ... That's too funny!! PS: Where's my can of Sunny? Re: Just because it's a little slow over the holidays, can we settle on the proper spelling of Richee? I'll bet a can of Sunny he prefers Richee. ROFL!!!! Sorry, but, I had this whole idea of *two birds / one stone* kind of theory I was working on. You are a trip!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanciD Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ritchee came out of the York White Roses ... funny story about when he went Jr to Sr ... he calls Lefty from Sky in the late Spring looking to join NY ... Lefty sez "Wadda ya play kid?" ... Ritchee: "solo soprano" ... Lefty: "I need annuder solo sop like I need a hole in the head (we only had 22) - call me next year kid" ... hence ... Ritchee joins Reading ... true story ...:-) GOD! I can *so* hear him saying that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Oz Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 That Marty is just a plethera of totally useless knowledge! (But one hell of a horn player) And just to add to the mound of useless knowledge that seems to accumulate herein ... I bring you a flyball governor (with thanks to Wikipedia): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martybucs Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 That Marty is just a plethera of totally useless knowledge! (But one hell of a horn player) Kind of you to say so, Ron, ya ain't so bad yourself. The aforementioned, "TFE", BON BONS were fond of that one, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanciD Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 The sopranos were Bart Bartholomew and Matt Krempaski and the mellophone was Jeff Stoneseifer.(Bart was doing the seagull calls on his horn, ala "Quiet Village" - Blue Rock, in "Sea Hawk") Almost 30 years ago. Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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