"Who joins the Army to become a euphonium player ?"

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:36 pm

No way !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MXfeipgoFI

" Who joins the Army to become a euphonium player !!!"- Jon Stewart

KevinMadden · Post by **KevinMadden** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:03 pm

I find that really funny....especially since the army is really one of very places you CAN go to be a euphonium player.

Eupher6 · Post by **Eupher6** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:38 am

Yeah! I'm one of those guys who joined the Army to become a euphonium player!

And, regrettably, I played a fair number of military funerals both in a full band setting and as a lone bugler - while at Ft. Devens Mass., in the late Seventies, the trumpet players we had were burned out and needed a break, so I was pressed into service after some practice as a bugler and trumpeter.

Trust me, I was a far better eupher than a trumpeter.

But all that said, I find it utterly amazing that some people were called out of retirement to fill out the band ranks. It's been 12 years since I retired, so there's little likelihood I'd be called back, but even still, the thought had crossed my mind.

The other thought that had crossed my mind was that Stewart was so intent on making a political point he's STILL clueless as to what a euphonium is.

trseaman · Post by **trseaman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:51 am

Euphers... No Respect!

Eupher6 wrote:The other thought that had crossed my mind was that Stewart was so intent on making a political point he's STILL clueless as to what a euphonium is.

Sad but true, all in the name of a joke...