[Dixielandjazz] "The Band Director"

[James O'Briant]

Lewis D. Custode, Jr wrote:

> It was the Fourth of July. ...

> The oboist ...inhaled [his reed] and began choking. 

> The band director ran to the drug  store across the street 
> and dialed 911. 

> "Do you  know what to do until we get there?" asked the
dispatcher. 

This same joke, in slightly modified form, was in a 4-panel
cartoon that was on my high school band room wall in 1961.  Good
jokes have staying power....

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA