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Re: Concert disasters

Hello there Andrew

Hopefully I can reply to both your postings in one go here.

First of all re. concert disasters, Wee MacG. etc.

I couldn't believe it when you described so beautifully the *procedure*
Epsom & Ewell carry out to get off the stage as Crystal Palace also use this
effect, without the starting pistol I hasten to add, at their concerts and
it really can be quite amusing (unless someone knocks over a stand and
scatters their music of course).  As I've never see any other band doing it
I had (until now that is) thought our stageshow was *original* and obviously
it's not.

As for my plea to trace you I am very pleased you got back to me so promptly
and am sorry to hear that you cannot help Fulham Band out at their concert
on Sunday 21st July.  However, perhaps the following Saturday might be
possible for you.  They have a booking to play at a community fete near
Hammersmith tube (Brook Green) at 12 noon for a couple of hours.  Do you
think you could do this date?  Please let me know as soon as possible so I
can advise the band secretary (Guy Dawes).

Thanks a lot.

Angela Tregaskes



>We decided to close the first half with a piece called The Wee MacGregor,
>where the instruments come to a halt before the end (eg trombones twenty
>bars from the end, third cornets sixteen bars etc).   It was decided that
>when the players finished, they were to walk off, with the rest of the band
>playing, with the conductor becoming more and more frantic.   It finished
>with an Eb bass playing on-beats and the conductor going off in disgust.
>The idea was that the bass was to keep playing those two notes over and
>over again, and the percussionist to shoot him with a starting pistol as
>the curtain closed.   This happened, much to the delight of the audience.
>
>However, what they hadn't seen was that the percussionist for some reason
>had his finger over the pistol barrell as it went off.   Although there
>wasn't any ammo in it, the gun did send an awful lot of air down the gun
>and the poor man lost all the skin off his finger and a great deal of blood.
>He was rushed to hospital while four of us spent the interval mopping up
>the stage.   Our percussionist was out of action for six months but got
>away with only having skin-grafts on his fingers.
>
>I will never forget the start of the second half.   The compere came infront
>of us and said "Interestingly, you will see our bass player has survived
>the assassination attempt, where as the gun man has been over-powered and
>taken away from the theatre.   In fact, the percussionist is not at all
>well and is unable to continue."
>
>And we thought that banding was safe.
>
Angela Tregaskes
angela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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