[Dixielandjazz] Beethoven's Ninth

[Robert Loomis]

LOL!! Thanks, Bob, I'm sharing that in the weekly Sunday Funnies email I
send out.

Bob Loomis
Concord CA


On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 Robert Ringwald wrote:

>
> The conductor of a provincial orchestra was having a terrible day.  They
> were schduled to play Beethoven?s Ninth on a sweltering summer?s evening,
> but the chorus from the local college didn?t arrive for rehearsal until
> 6:00!
>
>
> As they were finally taking their seats, the air conditioning system broke
> down, and the stagehands had to bring in some giant fans.  The fans, in
> turn, created such a draft that the conductor had to tie the score to his
> stand to keep it from blowing away.
>
>
> Then, sometime between 7:00 and 7:30, when he was frantically trying to
> rehearse the chorus, two cellists and all the bassists slipped out to the
> bar across the street, where they proceeded to partake of too much liquid
> refreshment.
>
>
> The cellists never returned at all, and the bass section came back dead
> drunk, just in time for the 8:00 curtain.  Things didn?t look promising,
> but the symphony went smoothly enough until the beginning of the last
> movement when, without warning, the air conditioning system failed again
> and the stagehands were obliged to turn on the fans full blast!
>
>
> At this point the conductor gave up.  What else could he do?
>
>
> There he was at the bottom of the Ninth, the score was tied, two men were
> out, the basses were loaded, and the fans were going wild!
>
>
>
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