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<DIV><I>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!</I></DIV>
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<DIV><I>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.</I></DIV>
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<DIV><I>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. </I></DIV>
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<DIV><I>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!</I></DIV>
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<DIV><I>At this point the conductor gave up. What else could he
do?</I></DIV>
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<DIV><I>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!</I></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" color=#000080>-Bob<BR><BR>Bob Ringwald <BR>Amateur (ham)
Radio Station K6YBV<BR>rsr@ringwald.com<BR>www.ringwald.com<BR><BR>Sometimes,
someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, <BR>makes your heart
race, and changes you forever.<BR>We call those people
cops.</FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>