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Re: Twilight Zone

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Subject: Re: Twilight Zone
From: Tim Morgan <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:18:44 +0000
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In message <0.1cc53d68.25645323@xxxxxxx>, Simmshouse@xxxxxxx writes
>Invariably though we always end up playing an encore. Sometimes at the end of 
>a concert you just want to get off stage and yet there are those in the 
>audience who don't seem to think we should have homes to go to and really 
>want their money's worth. We usually have a programme announcer who gives us 
>a really good build up throughout the performance, then when it gets to the 
>end he wishes everyone a safe journey home. Probably not the most subtle of 
>ways to tell people you've finished, but hey it works!
>
>Just my thoughts,
>
>Jacque Harrison
>Solo Horn
>KLBB

Why not finish with Lucerne Song or one of it's variations?  For those
who don't know it, it's a traditional Swiss tune which builds up, and
then dies away, with each player leaving the stage as their part
finishes, and only the Eb bass is left on stage at the end.
-- 
Tim Morgan, Bass Trombone, Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Brass.


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