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[bisontuba]

It is finally snowing in Buffalo, NY..... you have been updated.....

[scottw]

It is finally snowing in Buffalo, NY..... you have been updated.....

---------------but will it stop again before March?

[bisontuba]

It is finally snowing in Buffalo, NY..... you have been updated.....

---------------but will it stop again before March?

Yes...mid 50's middle of next week....

[bort]

Earth is just doing you a solid for that shity winter you had a couple of years ago.

[bisontuba]

' finally exhibited at Midwest.

Yankee young (bad) wannabe high-note trumpet players are just as big jackasses as are those in "The South".

You have been updated.

bloke "who saw SEVERAL people I know from "The South" at Midwest, but I'm blaming the trumpet $h!t on yankees."

Joe-
Doesn't it feel good to be in Obama's adopted hometown?

[windshieldbug]

' finally exhibited at Midwest.

Yankee young (bad) wannabe high-note trumpet players are just as big jackasses as are those in "The South".

You have been updated.

bloke "who saw SEVERAL people I know from "The South" at Midwest, but I'm blaming the trumpet $h!t on yankees."

Careful!! You know you're just begging to be sent "Why There Is No Trumpet Christmas"...

[bort]

Where did you end up staying?

[Dan Schultz]

Where did you end up staying?

In the 80's I was manufacturing a few accessories for Corvettes and did the show in the McCormick Annex twice a year. I usually stayed in the hotel that is adjacent to that place. ... don't remember the name. Prior to staying in that place I would just go to a Red Roof Inn or wherever was cheap. Of course that meant walking to the annex parking lot under the bridges by the ballpark late at night to get my car. The closest I ever came to shooting a guy was when someone approached me asking for a light! I don't care much for Chicago these days.

There used to be a hot-dog stand near McCormick Place that was the greatest.

[bort]

Meh, I like Chicago. It reminds me of Baltimore. Avoid the worst places and you'll be fine. It should and could be a whole lot better than it is. Its actually reeeeeeeally easy to NOT shoot people, and it doesn't take more gun laws to make that happen.

[bisontuba]

Update: I graduate with my doctorate today. It's exciting to see the hard work and all the processes and life mature over three years.

Congratulations!!

[Dubby]

Update: I graduate with my doctorate today. It's exciting to see the hard work and all the processes and life mature over three years.

Congratulations!

[bearphonium]

Update: I graduate with my doctorate today. It's exciting to see the hard work and all the processes and life mature over three years.

Congratulations

[bort]

Update: I graduate with my doctorate today. It's exciting to see the hard work and all the processes and life mature over three years.

Well, this calls for a celebration.



Awesome job, James!

[tbn.al]

Next to last Christmas gig today, Women's Center(cancer etc.) at a local hospital. We never see anyone. We just set up the quintet in the atrium and play for a while. I understand the sound travels well all over the building. I hope it helps more than it disturbs. It's been a really busy season this year, but I do love me some Christmas quintet music. You have been updated.

[opus37]

Next to last Christmas gig today, Women's Center(cancer etc.) at a local hospital. We never see anyone. We just set up the quintet in the atrium and play for a while. I understand the sound travels well all over the building. I hope it helps more than it disturbs. It's been a really busy season this year, but I do love me some Christmas quintet music. You have been updated.

I play in 2 bands that go to assisted living and nursing homes to play. Many residents are in wheel chairs and require a lot of nursing care, but you can see from their eyes that they hear and enjoy the music. Yes, it's loud, but they seem to love it. I commend your work at the local hospital. Know that they hear you and you have brought a little joy into the world.

[bort]

+1

In Baltimore, the bands I played in did probably 5 Christmas concerts each, all at the local nursing homes and even a psychiatric hospital. These events are huge for them, and they not only enjoy them, but look forward to them for quite some time.

The psychiatric hospital concert was particularly interesting. The patients spanned a HUGE spectrum, some appeared totally normal, others talked or sang whatever they wanted during the music, and others couldn't make it through 5 or 10 minutes before they had to leave for some reason or another. But you could tell they all enjoyed it, and the staff, who knows the patients well, would tell us how important it is to them and how fun it is.

[Dan Schultz]

A group of fourteen musicians from my community band that we refer to as the 'Day Band' performed last night before the annual Christmas dinner and gift-giving event at local non-profit that's called the 'Dream Center'... an organization that mentors underprivileged kids. There were about 500 folks present. Some kids (and parents) were singing along and dancing to traditional Christmas tunes but most were just talking and waiting for the presents to be handed out. It was noisy and I doubt if anyone in the back of the large hall even knew we were there. Nonetheless... it's heart-warming to participate in outreach events such as this. Who knows?.... maybe a kid or two will be inspired to get involved in music someday.

[bisontuba]

A group of fourteen musicians from my community band that we refer to as the 'Day Band' performed last night before the annual Christmas dinner and gift-giving event at local non-profit that's called the 'Dream Center'... an organization that mentors underprivileged kids. There were about 500 folks present. Some kids (and parents) were singing along and dancing to traditional Christmas tunes but most were just talking and waiting for the presents to be handed out. It was noisy and I doubt if anyone in the back of the large hall even knew we were there. Nonetheless... it's heart-warming to participate in outreach events such as this. Who knows?.... maybe a kid or two will be inspired to get involved in music someday.

+1!

[scottw]

+1

In Baltimore, the bands I played in did probably 5 Christmas concerts each, all at the local nursing homes and even a psychiatric hospital. These events are huge for them, and they not only enjoy them, but look forward to them for quite some time.

The psychiatric hospital concert was particularly interesting. The patients spanned a HUGE spectrum, some appeared totally normal, others talked or sang whatever they wanted during the music, and others couldn't make it through 5 or 10 minutes before they had to leave for some reason or another. But you could tell they all enjoyed it, and the staff, who knows the patients well, would tell us how important it is to them and how fun it is.

I do between 20 and 25 nursing home concerts throughout the year, typically, some paid, most not. And I tell you, I would play them all for free if it came to that. You just have to watch the faces and you know what I mean. As a matter of fact, I have to go up and dress for my last concert before New Years!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
ScottW
I believe the caretakers need these concerts as much as the patients.
The dying see death for a month or so.
The caretakers see it for decades.

[Tubaryan12]

The community band I play in does at least 2 nursing home concerts per year, and the quintet I play in does about 4-6 of these concerts per year as well. (4 in the last 2 weeks) As the members of the quintet retire from their day jobs, we are increasing the number.