What did you play on what horn over the Fourth w/end?

[royjohn]

What piece(s) did you play over the Fourth of July weekend, on what horns?

Inquiring minds want to know...

[FarahShazam]

nothing! woooooooot! (and for that, I mean, I'm on leave. So wooot! for being on vacation.)

[Dan Schultz]

Annual Old Dam Community Band picnic and fireworks on Saturday. The crowd was about 4,000. Not bad for a small town! It was an outside concert under our StarStage Canopy. I played a trusty old King 1241 with a recording bell instead of the traditional performance with the Conn 'Jumbo'. Typical July concert...

- The Thunderer
- Best of the Beach Boys
- Freedom
- Count Basie Salute
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch
- March: Grandioso
- Blue Moon
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Abide With Me
- Washington Post
- Aces of the Air
- Marches of the Armed Forces
- Hoagy Carmichael in Concert

[Bob Kolada]

Nothing on nothing, because bloke's jazz gigs didn't materialise...

[Mark]

Well, nothing on the actual 4th, but this was for the fourth: http://www.seattlewindsymphony.org/Conc ... .php?ID=20 on Miraphone 191.

[scottw]

Lot of Civil War-era pieces on my 1865 Slater Eb Saxhorn.

[Polkahero]

1812 Overture on my Miraphone 191!

[Polkahero]

Well, nothing on the actual 4th, but this was for the fourth: http://www.seattlewindsymphony.org/Conc ... .php?ID=20 on Miraphone 191.

Wow, same instrument and a very similar program!

[Heavy_Metal]

We got rained out of the parade- the higher-ups in the band scrubbed our appearance but the town had the parade anyway. Quite a slog from what I understand. So the 20J will have to wait till next year for "National Emblem"

But yesterday, the brass group played an outdoor community service at a Baptist church. I played the Sonora since the Alex is a bit much with this group. We warmed them up with arrangements of "Amazing Grace", "Goin' Home", "Eternal Father" and a medley of "America the Beautiful", "America" and "BATTLE Hymn of the Republic". A junior color guard presented the flag, and our trumpeters played "Call to the Colors", which we followed with "Star-Spangled Banner". Hymns were "America the Beautiful", "America", "God of our Fathers", "Faith of our Fathers" and "BATTLE Hymn of the Republic". We closed with arrangements of "God Bless America" and "Stars and Stripes Forever" (shout-out to Tim "TubaMan" Olt who sold me the latter arrangement). Unfortunately I don't have a picture.

They had a barbecue afterwards at which the Rev told me he wants to do it again next year. Sounds like a plan!

[PaulMaybery]

Soloed on the cimbasso - "Joshua Fit the Battle" with piano at Shepard of the Lake Lutheran Church in Prior Lake, MN. A pic might follow.

[Billy M.]

Didn't have any gigs on or around the 4th this year .

[David Richoux]

A lot of NOLA Brass Band style and jazz standards at a kid's birthday party (well paying gig with great food and adult drinks) on Sunday playing my 1929ish Conn BBb 4 valve Sousaphone. Then this morning played the Redwood City, CA parade for my 38th time, on a York Eb Alto Horn, vintage unknown.

It was easier going on Sunday!

[Three Valves]

Is that Jimmy Carter playing the bass clarinet??

You had more fun than I did.

I worked, then went home to watch bogus fireworks on TV...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/art ... not-happy/" target="_blank

If you were watching Washington’s Fourth of July fireworks outside on Monday night and also happened to catch PBS’s broadcast of “A Capitol Fourth,” you might have noticed something looked…a little off.

The actual weather in Washington was cloudy and misty, making it quite difficult to view the fireworks. But on “A Capitol Fourth,” the annual concert special that airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, many of the fireworks (primarily in the second half of the display) looked glorious in a clear sky. Immediately, people started commenting on Twitter:

[mcfolks]

Made in the USA King 2341, we did our traditional 4th concert and played:

SSB -1:00
American Flourish – 3:30
Third Suite March – 2:00
Ballet Parisien – 5:15
A Night in Tunisia – 2:30
Amer Folk Rhapsody #2 Grundman – 5:30
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine – 3:30
A Gershwin Portrait – 4:55
Midway March – 3:30
INTERMISSION
Fantasy on A Fiddle Tune – 3:45
Field Ayres – 3:30
Chicago Medley – 6:10
Nobody Does It Like Me – 1:45
Battle Hymn - 5:00
Armed Forces - Pride of America – 6:20
Stars and Stripes – 3:25

On Memorial Day I bring out my 1918 Conn USQMC BBb Helicon, and do much the same! Lots of cool comments!

[gregsundt]

Thursday night, Lakeside Band, Greenville. First concert I've played on euph for some time.

America the Beautiful-Dragon
SSB
El Capitan
Two sets by the Greenville Chorale, culminating with
God Bless America: Fred Waring arrangement
Armed Forces Salute
Selections from South Pacific
1812. Indoors, no cannons this year. The Chorale sang during the chorales, but my colleagues didn't allow sonic space for them. Disappointing.
Stars and Stripes.

Just another patriotic tableau. Nice euph parts.

[bisontuba]

Lot of Civil War-era pieces on my 1865 Slater Eb Saxhorn.

[michael_glenn]

Stars and Stripes, El Capitan, Liberty Bell, Rolling Thunder, God and Country, Armed Forces Salute, and another 15 pieces. This was played on my Hirsbrunner on the BBb part in brass band. It was pretty cool how the fireworks lined up at the end of Stars and Stripes. They started going off (in a fast finale style) right at the start of the final refrain.

[Bill Troiano]

Played trad. jazz on my CC Sousaphone for an hour (in 100 degree heat) at the main gate of Dell Diamond before a Round Rock Express game. I don't have any pictures of me playing, but I have this picture from after I played.

[tubazach07]

Played a windensemble plus rock band concert at Jax Beach ampitheater with my 1934 Martin Mammoth with recording bell(doesn't get anymore American than that Played some marches, The Lone Ranger (the movie orchestra part arrange for band by our trombone player) etc. During the rock band portation lighting struck the amphitheater knocking out power. We played marches(including the thunderer) while power was being restored. It was nice to be able to play without being miced. Power was restored and we played some pieces with rhythm section finishing with Armed forces on Parade and Stars and Stripes while the fireworks were going on. All told between set up at 11am and not getting back till 12am on 5th had a good 13hr day. Still a good day with a nice crowd turnout.

[Bill Troiano]

It's genetic, Mark.