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Three Valves wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:53 pm Polish night at my house tonight!!

A friend (who I believe also is a subscriber to this page) posted a snippet from a "blast-from-the-past" casino gig that we did.
When I saw it, it made me laugh, because it reminded me of the Andy Griffith Show episode where the Mayberry Town Band (which wasn't up the Mayor of Mayberry's standards) was (unbeknownst to the Mayor) temporarily bolstered by a band of jazz musicians that was passing through town, so they would meet the mayor's playing-ability requirements for an out-of-town Mayberry-funded trip be be in a parade (Mt. Pilot...??) During their audition for the Mayor (marching down the street), the Mayberry Town Band sounded fantastic, because those jazz guys were (though not what they normally played) putting out a great rendition of the Sousa march they were playing (while the regular band members all pretended to be playing).
Anyway...What you see here are six jazz musicians (who - at that time - had a regular lounge gig on a Miss. River cruise ship) "posing" as a polka band. This was a casino high-rollers party where (probably...??) they gave away a trip down the Rhine River (or some such a thing).
I was using a Rudy 5/4 C that I owned at that time with the 5th rotor and #2 trigger "bells/whistles"...in addition to interchangeable mouthpipes (which I installed). It's now re-homed, about 350 miles away. The only other thing to add, here, is "RIP, Mike Krepper."

bloke wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:39 pm Here's what I posted about this - just now - when I shared it on tuba/euphonium (fb)...

A friend (who I believe also is a subscriber to this page) posted a snippet from a "blast-from-the-past" casino gig that we did.
When I saw it, it made me laugh, because it reminded me of the Andy Griffith Show episode where the Mayberry Town Band (which wasn't up the Mayor of Mayberry's standards) was (unbeknownst to the Mayor) temporarily bolstered by a band of jazz musicians that was passing through town, so they would meet the mayor's playing-ability requirements for an out-of-town Mayberry-funded trip be be in a parade (Mt. Pilot...??) During their audition for the Mayor (marching down the street), the Mayberry Town Band sounded fantastic, because those jazz guys were (though not what they normally played) putting out a great rendition of the Sousa march they were playing (while the regular band members all pretended to be playing).
Anyway...What you see here are six jazz musicians (who - at that time - had a regular lounge gig on a Miss. River cruise ship) "posing" as a polka band. This was a casino high-rollers party where (probably...??) they gave away a trip down the Rhine River (or some such a thing).
I was using a Rudy 5/4 C that I owned at that time with the 5th rotor and #2 trigger "bells/whistles"...in addition to interchangeable mouthpipes (which I installed). It's now re-homed, about 350 miles away. The only other thing to add, here, is "RIP, Mike Krepper."