Fran Haring Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 1981 with DCA's Sunrisers..... Mike Fitzpatrick (mellophone) and I (French horn) had a duet in "Late in the Evening." At the Boston Cup show that season... sometime in late June, I think it was..... the two of us had an absolutely HORRIBLE night. I mean, we completely gacked/mangled the duet that night. The worst we played it all season, by far... including rehearsals. The upshot of the whole thing: Our corps (Sun) won the show.... our first win that season. Go figure. LOL. Heck, it was our first win since the 1979 season. So... of course..... everyone in the corps wanted to hear the judges' tapes/cassette playback(s) of the performance... and, as a result, got to hear the fractured duet.... over, and over, and over again. Mike and I heard it once.... then didn't want to hear it again. LOL. We walked away, went to get a bite to eat and then numerous beers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonW Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Well... it wasn't supposed to be a solo, but I once left four counts early after concert. Hit the first two notes beautifully before I realized what I had just done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornsUp Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Jimmy Stanko, unofficial historian for the New York Skyliners, has been busy for the past year compiling a list of every Skyliner soloist since time immemorial. He has this to say about those unintended early entries: "I don't classify it as a solo unless it made the record." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfallon Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Well... it wasn't supposed to be a solo, but I once left four counts early after concert. Hit the first two notes beautifully before I realized what I had just done. I believe the technical term for that kind of solo is a #### up. Edited October 6, 2010 by rayfallon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc oldtimer Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) I believe the technical term for that kind of solo is a #### up. LOL!! That's funny. I held a note a little to long in '76 and made the album. At least it sounded good and was in tune. As the famous Jim Alvord use to tell us in '77 "If you are going to &^%* up, at least make it a good sounding ^%&* up". Edited October 6, 2010 by dc oldtimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc oldtimer Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 It wasn't Larry P was it? I think it was either Tommy Poz or Dave Wilson. If Larry had that problem he would just start hitting grand C's for the heck of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankBeMe Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I think it was either Tommy Poz or Dave Wilson. If Larry had that problem he would just start hitting grand C's for the heck of it. That would have been Taps on steroids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugada Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Blue Devils B in about 80-81 we had pants that had adjustble waist with a zipper contraption. The sop soloist went up to do his thing when the zipper came apart. He ended up doing the solo with one hand on his horn and the other hand holding his pants on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dom Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 1976 Muchachos a show in Conn. While loading on to the buses getting ready to travel to the show (after a full day of practice), I was told I needed a new hat. (I paraphrase due to this being a family forum.) "When we get to the show get one", but when we arrived at the show, the truck had to move quickly away from the field entrance. I dress as quickly as I could; we didn't have much time due to our arriving late. I got a different hat. What I didn't know was the buses were being moved at the same time I was at the truck getting a new hat to the parking lot 250 yards away from the field. I never got the chance to get my sop off the bus. A member of the staff ran to the bus, grabbed the first sop he saw, and ran back to the field and handed the sop to me...only problem; he never brought the mouth piece with the horn. I went through the whole show without a mouth piece. We won the show and high horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I went through the whole show without a mouth piece. We won the show and high horns. Well....there's an obvious response to that! :tongue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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