And you rehearsed in "a hole in the ground covered by a sheet of tarpaulin," right? Or was it a shoebox in the middle of the road? Either way, I bet they sat you right in front of the timpani.
William Foss On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Steven Mumford <[email protected]> wrote: > 35 hours a week?!!!!! Oh well, you were lucky then! Why when I was your > age we had our first rehearsal of the day at 3 in the morning, 1 hour before > we went to bed the night before. Oh we'd have cried for joy to only have 35 > hours of playing in one day! We had to play continuously, all the rests > removed, only a sip of water and a crust of bread for lunch, and every > afternoon, the conductor would kill us and then dance on our graves singing > Alleluia! But you try to tell young horn players that, and they won't > believe you. > > - Steve Mumford > ################### > Hans wrote: <snip> > > or if one plays 35 > hours a week or more for > twenty, thirty or 40 > or 50 years. > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/whefoss%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
