I didn't get the nickname, but that was me my freshman year of high school - a problem that was exacerbated by the fact that our band room was equipped with very resonant wooden risers....
Ben ________________________________ From: Chris Wilhjelm <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 11:31:05 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bad woodwind-itis cure sought! you may actually enjoy this one: I had a really terrific kid in my first high school band, a very fine clarinet player, who not only tapped his foot, he lifted his whole leg. I never saw it before, and have never seen it since. The kids nick-named him "Thumper" (which if funnier if you've seen Snow White and Seven Dwarfs) c >>> Hans Pizka <[email protected]> 4/4/2011 11:20 AM >>> You could have told the tuba player, that you remember that Mr.Jacobs had said, never tapping with the right foot & if that doesnt work with the left foot, to stop tapping. The tuba player might have digested that. If telling a lie, it must be convincing. Or tapping a bit earlier or later than the poor tuba fellow ? ##################################################################### Am 04.04.2011 um 04:36 schrieb Steven Mumford: > > > This reminds me of a concert a few years ago where I ended up sitting >directly to the right of the tuba player. Throughout all the rehearsals, on >every piece, he was tapping his size 12 flapper right foot about as high and >as >loudly as I've ever seen anybody do it, consistently just a bit behind the >conductor's beat. I asked him politely a couple of times if he would mind not >doing that. He's a nice guy that I've known for quite awhile but this was the >first time we had played together. He replied that Mr. Jacobs had told him he >should always tap his foot. Sigh. By the time the concert came around, the >distraction had just become a little too much for me, and during a >particularly >rhythmic piece I reached over with my left foot and stepped on his foot and >held >it firmly down. He struggled like a wild animal to get free but I hung in >there >till the end of the piece as we rocketed through that crazy torrent of notes >and >rhythms. > See? He didn't need to tap his foot after all. > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/cwilhjelm%40pascack.k12.nj.us _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/corno42%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
