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  1. Not sure of the location but it was filmed November 2012.  Here is more info:

    This is our little medley of songs representative of the different time periods music has traversed through. We know this may not be the most historically accurate, but we mainly chose songs that would transfer well to solo violin and cello, taking inspiration from groups such as String Fever and Igudesman and Joo. We also performed this same medley at AJ Rafael's Music Speaks 2012 as the winner of his audition contest. Hope you guys enjoy our video/music, and special brownie points to anyone who can name all the songs we used 😉 Albert Chang - Violin Kevin Chung - Cello Ryan Yu - Videographer 0:09 - Scotland the Brave 0:25 - Canon - Johann Pachelbel 0:52 - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 0:57 - Symphony no. 5 - Ludwig van Beethoven 1:04 - In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg 1:22 - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss 1:32 - In The Mood - Glenn Miller 1:46 - Let It Be - The Beatles 2:05 - Jaws Theme Song - John Williams 2:14 - Nokia Tune 2:32 - Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson 2:50 - Back In Black - ACDC 3:08 - I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys 3:27 - Jack Sparrow - Hans Zimmer 3:47 - Secrets - OneRepublic

  2. On 10/7/2020 at 5:58 AM, Merkin said:

     I was a trumpet player:  on the first day of seventh grade a trumpet was shoved into my hands by our junior high school music director as he said "Here, this is your instrument."   "No, no, no!" I protested, but to no avail.  My dreams of becoming a drummer like Gene Krupa were derailed and I wheezed and puffed and generated a lot of spit throughout my school career with an instrument I worked hard to tolerate and never mastered. 
     

    Happened to me as well.  When I arrived for my first orchestra practice at Normandy Jr. High School in St. Louis... I was 20 minutes late and was assigned a huge B-flat upright horn.  Weighing barely a hundred pounds and five feet tall... I had the biggest (musical☺️) instrument in the concert orchestra.  Despite the hopeless odds, including my limited lung capacity, my folks hired a tutor and I was taking tuba lessons.  

    Because of the disparity between my physical size and requirements of "the beast" the band director, Mr. Duncan, obtained a stool for me to sit on and commandeered a waste basket which was inverted and used to hold the base of the tuba.

    All worked fine until the day we were performing at a neighboring high school assembly and Mr. Duncan... inspired by a rousing reception from the audience, ordered us up onto our feet and told us we'd march around the auditorium of seated students and then back up onto the stage all while playing When The Saints Go Marching In.  Unlike it's cousin, the Sousaphone, the upright tuba was never designed to be played while walking or marching.  I threatened to resign after the ordeal was over, but to keep me in the orchestra, Mr. Duncan compromised and made me assistant conductor! 

    I still have my baton packed away somewhere.  1-2-3-4

     

  3. 3 hours ago, Rutabaga said:

    A quick editorial comment.

    When I encountered this:

    “We have to, Cody.  We need to tell his parents about him.”

    They were at the hospital the next day.

    . . . I was sure that the word "they" referred to Moody's parents.  

    R

     

    Huh? 😦 

  4. Halloween is supposed to be the Gay International Holiday, right? 

    Well, AwesomeDude always observes this holiday by hosting Halloween Stories on the site. 

    As an emu friend reminded me (no, not the Liberty Mutual one) Haloween this year falls on a Saturday, the big AD posting day.  Soooo... we're asking all our AD Authors to submit stories for Halloween 2020.

    I encourage our authors to do so.... and for readers, if your favorite author doesn't come through.... you can send him/her/them/it a NastyGram.

    If you are an AD Author.... kindly sign up in this thread for your own spot on the AD HomePage.  I'll need your stories by October 20th!

     

    Thanks,😻

    Mike, a.k.a. Dude

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