[Dixielandjazz] Flying with Instruments in US

[David Richoux]

Back in 1968 my High School Pep Band went to the San Francisco Airport  
(with instruments) to greet a returning senior member - we just  
marched in to the gate area with no problem. We were all wearing  
surplus WW2 aviator's helmets, by the way.

About 10 years later my jazz band was hired to play for the arrival of  
some industrial big-wig at SFO. My tuba was closely inspected - I had  
to pull out every slide and then play the horn for the security guard!

David RIchoux
On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:11 AM, Jim Kashishian wrote:

>
>
> Funny security story:  when our band played for the Royal Wedding in  
> Madrid
> in 2004, we had to pass multiple security checks to reach the stage  
> where we
> played.  Yep, look inside the case!  Yep, it's a trombone!  But, no  
> one ever
> looked inside the bell of the horn where I had my collapseable K & M
> trombone stand inserted.  What else could one get up inside the horn?
> I should change the title to this story as it is not really funny at  
> all!
>
> Jim
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>