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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. ________________________ 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." > >-- > ___ _ >| \__ ___ _ ___ __ __(_)___ DYNAMIC MUSIC PUBLICATIONS >| |) \ \/ / \| / _ | \/ | / __/ Specialists in Trombone Choir Music >|___/ |__|_|\__\___|_|\/|_|_\___\ Mail to: dynamicmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/dynamicmusic/ Last Updated: 21st Mar 1998 > > -- unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to listserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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