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Re: Concert disasters

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Subject: Re: Concert disasters
From: Tom Sheridan <tom_s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:00:32 +0100
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If you're into concert disasters, here's a real clanger. Not a brass band 
one strictly, but you never know... :-(

A friend of mine (who'd better remain anonymous if you're going to publish) 
was playing percussion with a city schools orchestra.  They went on tour, 
and this particular concert was in a hall with a stepped concert platform, 
with access steps at each side. 

Their repertoire included the Great Gate of Kiev.  He tells me this required 
a single tubular bell, and no other piece needed them.  It was decided that 
for the tour they would take only the single bell, rather than the full set.

The percussion gear was set up behind the rest of the orchestra, as usual, 
on the highest platform step. The bell was set up in the temporarily-rigged 
suspension at the edge of the platform near the access steps.

You can guess what happened, I suppose.  Just as it was struck, the string 
snapped. The bell hit the ground with a clang, fell over sideways with a 
louder clang, and started to clang its way down the access steps all the way 
to the bottom...

Tom Sheridan
Percussionist
Failsworth Band
Manchester, UK


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