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At a contest several years ago, I was playing solo cornet to help out the section (we were pretty desparate because I'm a eupho player). The piece was "Variations on a Ninth" and I'd been practicing hard for months to get into some form. The contest was being held in a large country town and the family stayed overnight in a local motel. On the night of the contest, we drove into town and I casually strolled into the new Civic Centre with about 25 minutes to spare (heaps of time to warm up I thought). Something didn't look quite right though. There were gymnasts running all over the hall doing funny things, as they are prone to do. I asked someone where the bands were and they replied "what bands". I just made it to the old Town Hall as the band was lining up to go on stage. Thank goodness I was playing cornet or I might have had a heart attack, running about half a mile with a eupho. We didn't win, but played creditably enough, considering the stress I must have caused. Roy Taylor, City of Dandenong Band, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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