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Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion is featuring a Tuba 5tet this weekend to help celebrate Halloween. Myself, Lee Drummer, David Werden, John Tranter and Ralph Hepola will be performing some spooky music as part of the live broadcast on National Public Radio on Saturday (5:00-7:00pm Central time in Minnesota). Check your local stations or http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/ for times. Cheers to all and Happy Halloween!!!!!!

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Dear All,

If anyone is interested, Lewis Buckley arranged one of the charts that was played on the show. I believe it was before the actual broadcast.

It is:

Funeral March of a Marionette - Gounod (Tuba Quartet) $14.00

It will be posted to the Cimarron Music Press website later tonight or tomorrow:

http://www.cimarronmusic.com/


Wishing everyone well,
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Featured piece for Friday night's run through. Shortened version was played as prebroadcast 'curtain raiser' on Saturday night. Very well received both times. A very good arrangement..
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Hey All,

It was a shame the group didn't get a straight out "feature" during the broadcast. It was a great group with good charts to play. The show is now in the archived section:

http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2005/10/29/


The tubas are featured on:

"Long Black Veil" - GK, Tubas

Halloween script

Powdermilk Biscuit Break

and

Rhubarb script

Rhurbarb is the "Tuba convention" sketch where Garrison Keillor had me play the Ride three times. This skit is based on a Violin dinner he actually went to and had to listen to 16 different violins from the 1800's play the same thing. It was one of the most boring experiences of his life! I think the writers did a good job of capturing the dorkiness of musical conventions.

Enjoy!

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tmmcas1 wrote:Rhubarb is the "Tuba convention" sketch where Garrison Keillor had me play the Ride three times. This skit is based on a Violin dinner he actually went to and had to listen to 16 different violins from the 1800's play the same thing. It was one of the most boring experiences of his life! I think the writers did a good job of capturing the dorkiness of musical conventions.
And it's freakin' hilarious. Got it playing now. Unbelievable! You sound good, dude. This is funny stuff. Good playing, Heinrich.
      
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BVD Press wrote:If anyone is interested, Lewis Buckley arranged one of the charts that was played on the show. I believe it was before the actual broadcast.
Did he remember to include a "dramatic pause" once or twice in the middle of each phrase?? :?

Marty "A fan of PHC" Neilan
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