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An old barn burner

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 2:26 pm
by williamp
Here's a live recording of our orchestra playing an old tune from 1910, that's got some great tuba licks, especially at the end. It's a fun one to play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju4H4aMj-hQ" target="_blank

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 2:52 pm
by roughrider
A terrific piece with excellent tuba playing. Well Done!

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 4:19 pm
by williamp
Thank you, Roughrider!

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 9:41 pm
by bort
Wow, that's great stuff!

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 1:14 am
by tofu
Well that was fun - BUT - before I knew it your next video started up with Scott Joplin's Entertainer - half way through it a hot woman dances across stage wearing nothing more than pasties under a sheer nightie. Now that's a crowd pleaser! :D

Can you elaborate a bit - was that a regular Ragtime Feature back in the day or just something you came up with to keep the tuba player interested. :lol:

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:15 am
by williamp
Ahh, overshadowed by a beautiful woman again...

Our orchestra presents an annual Ragtime Extravaganza that highlights the vaudeville, ragtime and burlesque eras of American entertainment. We combine varieties of dance (burlesque, tap, chorus), comedy, magic, musical acts, etc into a fast paced evening variety show. The idea is to show that this music was cutting edge popular entertainment in its time and give audiences an experience that is fun, unique and memorable.

Here's an example of a stunningly beautiful number by Miss Miranda, a London/LA burlesque dancer that joined us this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4KJj_In6n0" target="_blank

Here she is joined by NYC trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and the band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqGjQNb68y8" target="_blank

Here's a number with ensemble dancers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leMcQf_bb-Y" target="_blank

And here's one with a terrific hoofer (Biance Revels) dancing to a ragtime era dance tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQFzvi1hxhI" target="_blank

It's a fun show. Thanks.

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:08 am
by The Big Ben
"Fan Dancing"

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:58 am
by Three Valves
"Moe, Larry, the cheese!!"

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:17 pm
by Tabor
sounds great! Thanks for posting this!

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 1:18 pm
by proam
As I started watching the first video you posted, the music stand off to your right caught my eye. It has MTF printed on it but I sure thought that was a "W" at first glance .... back to the show.

Re: An old barn burner

Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 2:03 pm
by williamp
I thought the same thing! I guess our minds think alike. MTF stands for Michigan Theater Foundation. WTF is universally known.