FW: [Dixielandjazz] 76 trombones, repeat

[James Kashishian]

To: Bill Horton; DJML
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] 76 trombones

(Should have put in some names.  Sorry, Jim)

Bill wrote:
>Talking about bands. In 1954 I did the pre-game and half-time
announcing
>for
>the USC Trojan Band in the LA Coliseum. That  year we went to the Rose
>Bowl
>in Pasadena to play the Big 10 Champion, Ohio State. 

And, I answered:
Brings back memories!  While at High School in Long Beach, I was scouted
by the Trojan Band who were lacking in trombonists for the Rose Bowl.
Was given a (brown?) sports jacket with a band badge on the chest, an
(orange?) tie & slacks, which all seemed very grown up for a 16 yr old
used to the normal frilly band uniforms.  One of the songs we played was
Hernando's Hideaway....also strange for a more formally bred marching
band member used to Sousa marches, etc.  There was a little dance with
the song that we used while marching down the street.  I can still do
the dance!   Also, recall marching into the L.A. Coliseum with the same
band, but don't remember the occasion.

Jim Kash