[Dixielandjazz] Fine for rabble rousing,

[Harry Callaghan]

I really must learn to clean my glasses more often...

Here I've been thinking that we were talking about rousing Rabbis.
HC
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Ken Mathieson <
ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Don et al,
>
> Don's assertion that spot penalties are warranted for the Jazz Police's
> offence of Rabble Rousing reminds me that the Humphrey Lyttelton band used
> to employ the soccer referees' card system (yellow for a caution, red for
> dismissal, 2 yellows = a red) for tasteless, inappropriate or excessive use
> of musical quotations in solos. Itr was done in jest, of course, but more
> than one member of Humph's band has told me that it was a useful way of
> discouraging soloists from using quotes as fillers (like endless use of "you
> know", "like", "umm" in speech when the brain is lagging behind the tongue),
> and it encouraged soloists to dig deeper, play more creatively and avoid
> cliches.
>
> Penalties could also be varied according to local requirements. For
> instance, in especially extreme cases, if a death penalty is justified,
> offenders in Austria could be sentenced to Death by Yodelling, or in Wales
> to Death by Male Voice Choir, or in Scotland to Death by Fiddlers' Rally,
> which is usually a vast orchestra of a hundred or more fiddlers of varying
> capabilities all playing the melody of a traditional tune almost in unison.
> For less extreme offences, offenders could simply be towed and reclaimed
> from a pound in a run-down and dangerous part of town by the bandleader if
> he felt it was worth paying the fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken Mathieson
> www.classicjazzorchestra.org.uk
>
>
>
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