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Subject: A story
From: "Alec Gallagher" <alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 18:43:46 -0800
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As there seems to have been a recent concensus that funny stories and jokes
are acceptable on the mailing list, here is one which I spotted on the Tuba
& Euph list.

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Alec Gallagher
alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



>
>Below is a copy of an article in today's newspaper "The Scotia". I don't
>think it would be appropriate to add any comment.
>
>Dave
>
>
>   ** MAN SLIDES HIS TROMBONE & KILLS MUSICIAN IN FRONT OF HIM! **
>
>A musician died of a brain injury yesterday when the trombonist behind him
>threw the slide of his trombone forward and struck the trumpeter in the
>back of the head.
>
>Tayside Police say the tragedy occured as the Dundee based "Spirit of St.
>Louis" big band was performing the American jazz classic, "When the Saints
>Go Marching In".
>
>According to members of the audience, trombonist Paul Yotheren, 25, "got
>carried away" with the music. He started jumping up and down and spinning
>around as he played. At one point, he lunged forward and the rounded metal
>slide on his instrument hit trumpet player Andy Stead, 59, dropping him
>instantly to the ground.
>
>"Yotheren was moving the slide very fast," said the post mortem examiner
>Dr. A. Foolday. "But it wasn't just the force of the blow that killed
>Stead. "The slide struck him in the worst possible place - the vulnerable
>spot just behind and below the left ear. "Bone fragments pierced his
>brain, killing him instantly."
>
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