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I doubt she can feel too bad about her performance. I'm sure she still was ableto go home with the $XX,XXX check to help pad her ego.

We all suck.

What are we going to do about it?

Doc wrote:

bloke wrote:OK. You just played your jr./sr./graduate/doctoral/whatever recital. Four friends, a homeless guy, and a couple of professors were there. You REALLY screwed up the "biggest" passage of the "biggest" piece ...the one you were planning to "nail".

DON'T FEEL SO BAD.
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Tonight, I did one of my semi-regular jazz band things (pregame and halftime) at our local NBA ("Grizzlies") game.

Patty Labelle was on deck to do "the Banner" at pre-game and her signature song, "New Attitude" during halftime. "The Banner" went fine, I guess. Her signature song, "New Attitude", was another story:

As the track started and all of the bare-midriffed chicks started wiggling their ( )( )'s, Patty's mind drew a blank and she missed her first entrance with the accompaniment track. SHE NEVER GOT BACK WITH THE TRACK , and did a bunch of "WOOO-wooo-WOOO" stuff, a bit of "LET'S HEAR IT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING !!!!", and the obligatory "HOW 'BOUT THEM GRIZZLIES !?!"...while singing some of the lyrics to totally ad-libbed melodies at totally the wrong times. She ended the song with one of the "woooo-WOOOO-woooo-WOOOO" things on a very high pitch that was 1/2 step out of key.

The 2X,XXX seat arena appeared to be c. 2/3 full...

bloke "so don't feel so bad about your toobuh rec'tal"

Just another reason why canned music sucks and why live bands are best. She can't afford a 5-6 pc. group? She doesn't need to be in business then.

You're absolutely right, Doc. Live accompaniment would have been better. Live musicians possibly could have improvised a way to get back up with her. This would have encouraged her and maybe salvaged something. Probably finances and convenience dictated her decision to be accompanied by the Duracell Orchestra.
But all you long-time players know it can happen:
You feel good, nothing pressing on your mind. You feel ready to bring it. The other members of your group swear the're ready to whip their weight in wildcats.
And then things go wrong-terribly wrong! The performance instantly turns into a car wreck of biblical proportions. The listeners are aghast! Your wife runs into the ladies room so people won't think she's with YOU.
Sometimes it can be the position of the moon, or too many ay-holes in the audience, or another event in town robbed you of all the cool people, or you were coming down with some illness and didn't know it at the time-whatever. It happens. Some days we're the windshield and some days we're the bug. Right WSB?
Most importantly, we will get another chance. Another unsuspecting audience is out there needing entertainment. Another panel of judges will gather hoping to be wowed by someone-why not you? We can treasure fond memories of the times we had all the crowd jumping high in the air, girls screaming and begging us to sign their boobs, c.d.'s flying off the table-and hope some of that happens this time.

MikeMiller wrote:At least you know she wasn't lip-synching!

She may be tempted to, next time.......

Doc wrote:I'll gladly sub for you. I haven't had to autograph tits in a long time.

How come!? You're playin' for the right crowd!

If I ever feel bad about my playing, I only have to look no further than this........


and be glad about how well I did.

Doc wrote:

tubatooter1940 wrote: We can treasure fond memories of the times we had all the crowd jumping high in the air, girls screaming and begging us to sign their boobs, c.d.'s flying off the table-and hope some of that happens this time.

I'll gladly sub for you. I haven't had to autograph tits in a long time.

Doc

Yeah, that's a great way to provide temporary relief for carpal tunnel syndrome.

And yes, the pun was intended.

You could offer to let them drop one in the tuba bell while you buzz it.

Flummoxed. It's flummoxed. Everybody says "flummoxed" these days.
(right along with antigogglin and katywampus)

Doc wrote: I feel compelled to point out that, after all these years, congratulations are at long last in order. Sean finally got something right - the title above my name - INSANE.
Doc (who didn't need the label to figure that out)

Actually, I believe Sean has been right at least three times in the past 4 yrs. I'm not exactly sure. I submit for further discussion: Are you totally insane?

jaykibs wrote:I have my own (though not nearly as high-stakes) story involving singing at a game. A few members of my chorus got together last month to sing at a home hockey game. We sang, of course, "O Canada!" followed by "The Star Spangled Banner", while crowding around a microphone. The Canadian anthem was beautiful. The blend was exceptional, phrasing was wonderful, and it just plain sounded great. Afterward, we turned off the microphone for a second and tuned to the first note of the American anthem (which begins on the fifth).

However, the So in the Banner was the tonic in O Canada. This threw us off enough that by the middle of the first phrase, we were all singing in different keys. It took us halfway through the song to get in unison singing the soprano melody (as for most of this they were also singing in different keys) and then find our own parts from there. It was pretty much a mess but the ending was good. We can only hope that people just wanted to see hockey and weren't really paying attention. Though we all know this isn't the case.

We have another game to sing in next month, so let's hope it goes better!

There's a video floating around the internet that has a girl that totally forgets the words to the banner, starts over and finally has to be ushered off the ice. How embarassing... and I totally understand how it could happen.

I found it http://youtube.com/watch?v=UaAlZBY6d14& ... ed&search=

One time I was playing a tuba/euph quartet piece on a concert (danny boy) I was the featured artist. I dropped my brand new mouthpiece on the floor right before going onstage. I played about three notes right.

Thankfully, I got another chance at another concert and I did much better.

I guess I get the "back on topic" award

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At a Washington Marine Band concert, a hot momma tossing her baby in the air threw off the whole drum section-more than once.