What're you playing on the 4th?

Jack Denniston · Post by **Jack Denniston** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:53 pm

Just curious about what other people are doing musically on the 4th?

I'll be sitting in (for a friend who's out of town) with our local community band. They're playing a couple concerts- one in the morning and one early afternoon. Then our brass band is playing a concert in the late afternoon. I'll be taking the evening off- probably a good thing.

Hope it isn't too hot!

What're you doing?

Tabor · Post by **Tabor** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:57 pm

Rome community band
Rome, NY

a fun gig

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:04 pm

Despite my best efforts, the Diamond State Concert Band will again put up with me in a main stage waterfront Independence Day concert in Wilmington, Deleware.

You'd've think that they'd learned better by now!

Z-Tuba Dude · Post by **Z-Tuba Dude** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:42 pm

I will be in New Jersey, playing for a parade, on the back of a truck, in the morning, and then playing a trust fund concert band thing in the evening. No beer until after that!

Casey Tucker · Post by **Casey Tucker** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:44 pm

i'll be showing off my grill and explosion skills.

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:25 am

Tabor wrote:Rome community band
Rome, NY

a fun gig

You playing on the bandstand at Franklin Field or downtown on the mall? I have alot of incredible memories of both places as I grew up in Rome and graduated from RFA in 1978. I remember when the Syracuse Symphony guys played in the band and later I was fortunate to play in the band. Are you a native?

Chuck"who lived on Williams Road from 1969-1983"Jackson

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:35 am

July 3rd at 7pm - With The Old Dam Community Band before fireworks at a local retirement village.

July 4th at Noon - With The Bend in the River Brass Band at the opening ceremonies for the Evansville Freedom Festival.

July 4th at 7pm - With The Old Dam Community Band before fireworks at Newburgh's celebration.... preceded by a band picnic at 5pm.

http://www.olddamband.com
http://www.riverbrass.org (2nd place at NABBA 2007 'Explorer')

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:19 am

Temps are predicted in the 90's. I'm gonna get some playing iin with our new dog:

Blake Dowling · Post by **Blake Dowling** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:34 am

Lucky dogs. I get to go work stock crew at a local grocery store. From about 4pm till 1am. (gigs are thin in my part of town and I need the money)

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:58 am

With Temps predicted to be @ 116 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, I am foregoing any listening opportunities to stay in the pool. I will have some fine American music on, will drink a bunch of fine domestic light beer, eat a bunch of fine domestic cuisine, and get to bed before the imbeciles hit the road. I feel bad for the Las Vegas Phil guys and gals playing in the heat at Hills Park.

Chuck"who neither conducts nor plays on any holidays unless the pay is stupendous and actually I don't play so the point is generally moot"Jackson

Bob Mosso · Post by **Bob Mosso** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:05 am

I'll be playing in the East Room (of the Nixon Library).

Fanfare - Mays
Star Spangled Banner - Sousa/Damrosch
God Save the Queen - Bray
America The Beautiful - Ward/Dragon
Strike Up the Band - Gershwin/Barker
Star Spangled Salute - Cohan/Barnes
Lassua Trombone - Fillmore/Schissel
The Liberty Bell - Sousa/Brion/Schissel
Concord - Grundman
God of Our Fathers - Smith/Warren

Followed by:
US Military Medley - Hausey
Stars & Stripes - Sousa/Brion

The Nixon East Room is an exact copy of the real East Room, check it out at:
http://www.nixonfoundation.org/index.ph ... g%20Events

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:45 am

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:34 am

We play Cosmo's Bar and Grill in Orange beach, Alabama at 6pm on the forth. This is where all the pretty people go. I swear if I was not entertaining, I doubt if I would be allowed in the place. Friday, we play the Parrot-Dize Bar (our favorite watering hole because they let us do our "R" rated material).
We open for Richard Bowden and his Moon and the Starz band at the Music City Texas Theater on July 7th in Linden, Texas. We will all crowd into John Reno's Jeep Cherokee. Pulling a trailer with our p.a. will not be necessary because we will use Don Henley's system he installed at the theater. It ought to be a good one.
We play 30 minutes to open the show and then load up and head back to New Orleans to play for "Six String" on Sunday. I'm probably too old for all this.

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:05 am

Call time is 7:30 AM for a Dixieland band on a truck in a parade, playing mostly patriotic tunes and the occasional trad jazz classic. Yup, tuba gets to take a few choruses... (Location, if you're keeping score with Mapquest: Rolling Meadows, IL)

Then I change clothes from the red vest to the business suit and tie to go to work at the Steinway showroom (ahhh, the glamorous world of retail--to be open on July 4th...) for a number of hours. (Downers Grove, IL)

Then I "haul buns" and drive 55 miles to play an evening concert with FullScore Chamber Orchestra (Zion, IL). Other than the annual patriotic repertoire, the most fun pieces to play will be the Copland warhorses from Rodeo: "Buckaroo Holiday" and "Hoe-Down." Should be done around 9:45 PM, and then an hour's drive home (Barrington, IL).

And yes, I have to open the store on Thursday morning, but I ain't complainin'...

Steve "who thanks the TubeNet lurker for letting him borrow the phrase 'haul buns'" Marcus

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:36 am

bloke wrote:On 7/4/7, I'm playing this contraption for several hours...

Dude, your "Check Engine" light is on. Cancel the trip.

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:43 am

tubaphore wrote:I have a Calculus class at 7:55 AM on the 3rd and 5th, so..... After I rehydrate myself from a likely late night tomorrow night, I'll probably go spend a couple hours in the practice room, go for a run, then watch the fireworks.

I wish I had a gig tomorrow.

My condolences for the Calculus class and for 7:55AM!

A public service refresher thought: F(x)=3X^3+2X^2-5x+3
dF(x)/dx = ???

AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

"Still scary after all these years!"

Steve Inman · Post by **Steve Inman** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:53 am

bloke wrote: -..-.

very good.

Cheers,

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:18 am

Hmmm.... just re-read the original post. I think I will probably be playing either a Mirafone 186 5V BBb or a Conn 36K for my 4th of July gigs.

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:28 pm

bloke wrote:
Chuck Jackson wrote:I will have some fine American music on...
not much Copland, then...

No Copland, but I will play some music that uses alot of the same notes. That count?

The listening on the 4th will mainly be the Firehouse 5+2, The Castle Jazz Band, and The Black Eagle Jazz Band.

Chuck"in a toe-tapping mood"Jackson

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:34 pm

Chuck Jackson wrote:No Copland, but I will play some music that uses alot of the same notes

So does Schoenberg. Never associated him with the 4th, though.