There are some wonderful videos of Victor Borge and his 'antics' on YouTube. If you want to laugh for a couple of hours go watch them. Just do a search for Victor Borge.
Tina On Jul 15, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Milton Kicklighter wrote: > Hans and All, > > I do remember playing a number of concerts with Peter Sch.... PDQ Bach.... > Peter > was always so so funny. He always made his entrance from the balcony by > sliding > down a rope. Many many stories about his conducting. One really good one. > > Playing a little Back piece: can't remember which one. About two minutes > into > the piece his stand collapses.... he quickly picks up the many pieces of the > score rights the stand and goes on. It collapses again. This time he picks > up > the stand and walks off the stage. The strings continue to play as if > nothing > happened. Then from off stage comes this very loud power saw cutting wood... > Next the banging of a hammer... strings still playing as if nothing is > happening... he then comes back on the stage with this God awful put together > stand and proceeds to finish the piece. Many many funny things like that. > > Another funny performer... and also find musician... Victor Borga?? .... > sorry > about spelling... My English teacher in college used to tell me that I was > the > worse speller she had ever encountered... Anyway Mr Borga was always just as > funny in rehearsal as he was on a performance, and his "antics" never got > old. > He always had the orchestra in stitches.... for our non American friends > being > in stitches means uncontrolled laughter... He is really missed. > > > > Milton > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 1:48:57 AM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NOT a robot conductor > > Hello Milton & others on the list, > > I am very sorry about the many typos in that message. > Did we talk about the same conductor ? Yes, because we have too many > of that type (not Danny Kaye). > > But I talked about a conductor named Peter Schn..... > > Like a poor robot. > > ############################################################ > Am 15.07.2010 um 04:18 schrieb Milton Kicklighter: > >> I did have the good fortune to play with him here in Buffalo... If >> you think the >> concert was funny, you should have seen the rehearsal. >> >> Milton >> Milton Kicklighter >> 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic >> Retired >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Bill Tyler <[email protected]> >> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 7:42:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] NOT a robot conductor >> > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/tina.barkan%40mac.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
