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re:concert disasters (re-sent)

To: brass band <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: re:concert disasters (re-sent)
From: David M Richoux <tubaman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 16:05:48 +0000
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

When I was in High School Marching Band we were invited to a "Band Day"
at University of California, Berkeley. There were about 30 school bands,
plus the University band. (this was during a football game.) The
halftime show was the massed bands, but the pre-game show was just the
host band. The field was a bit wet from previous rain but the show went
on. One of the major features of the Cal Band entrance to the field is a
traditional running march out of the end zone tunnel, led by a strutting
drum major. On his first step onto the grass field, the drum major
slipped backwards, landed on his bottom - in front of thousands of
bands-people and the rest of the audience.

Another year the Cal Band was to perform the 1812, complete with cannons
from the Reserve Officer Training Center. The triggers for the cannons
were controlled by a switch box on the conductor's platform. When the
time came for the first blast, the conductor hit the first switch. Due
to faulty wiring, all the cannons went of at once - the blast blew out
the bass drum, knocked several people over, and ended the show right
there !


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David Richoux <tubaman@xxxxxxxxxx>
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