Onore D'una Banda
D.W.Q.M: Ian: "Vicki, I didn't know you knew about the Beatles!"
Vicki: "Well, of course I know about the Beatles...but, I didn't know they played classical music."
Barbara: "Classical music?!?!"
Ian: "Times change Barbara, (lowers voice slightly) times change."
Play 118!!!
Mt. Carmel-I believe Mt. Carmel was the first major feast that I ever played in with the Italian band (in other words, more than just a procession, and if I remember correctly, when I started, Cuyahoga Falls was not in our schedule yet.) When I started, I remember being warned that we would be playing 118 in the blue books many, many times at Mt. Carmel, 'cause they love it!! At first, I didn't understand what was wrong, but then, when a blue book was handed to me, I saw it-number 118, Onore D'una Banda-with a nasty set of triplets in the very beginning and more throughout the piece. Not to mention the high scale 8th notes at the end (and I was playing second!!) In fact, most of the music falls in the upper part of the scale. Boy, that can really leave a sore lower lip!!! And we certainly played it many times. This year we lucked out-we only played it twice!!
Quick breakdown of events during Mt. Carmel's feast: 1, we play throughout the neighborhood, escorted by a car with some men who organized the festival (well, at least they are a big part of it) and a couple of cops-we usually hit the VFW bar first, get served something to drink, play 118(which is very loud in the bar!!!), and a few others, then hit a couple more houses, and usually the last house we visit, they offer us pizza and drinks! Then when we reach the church, they want us to enter the festival playing 118, which means playing and walking down a very steep hill in the process-very dangerous, especially when wet. We get a break and play 2 sets later in the evening at the festival. The next afternoon is the procession, then a few of us usually get together and head to Edgewater and hang out until the evening concert-which is usually 3 sets.
The first night, as we were playing one of our sets, we noticed that the Cleveland Police Gang unit was there-at least 5, maybe more. They were standing all in a row in front of us, kind of like, as Tina put it, like at a rock concert and we were some rock band. We weren't sure if we should feel safe...or worried. The evening went by with nothing exciting happening, but it was still strange. They were there to keep the fans off of us!! j/k/ ;) BTW, I usually play second, but I am willing to play first if I am needed, and I was! I was upgraded for the weekend! ;) And we played Libiamo, Libiamo, which is a really fun opera piece-i think it's a drinking song. I pointed it out to Persephone and Paul when I heard it in a commercial-but I can't for the life of me remember which one it was... Anyho, even though it's fun to listened to, and i enjoy playing it, the first part is much more fun than the second! I absolutely love the chance to play first part.
Ah, the procession-I think I managed to put on enough sunscreen so I wasn't burned too badly. ;) When we hit our first stop with firecrackers, Nick, our fearless leader who is in fact, Italian- turned to us and said, 'You know, I will never understand the need to set these off and make all this noise.' He says that everytime! Later, Tina said, 'Is it just me, or do they seem to be bigger this year?' After everyone agreed, I said, 'don't we say that every year?' They just keep gettin' bigger and bigger! The last stop is at the corner of the last turn we make-it is usually the longest and the loudest display. The wind had been picking up, and at one point someone shouted 'Incoming!' and we were hit by a wave of thick smoke. Yuck. There was enough overcast and smoke from previous firecrackers that we could see little bits of the color in the smaller fireworks that were set off. Now how sad is that? Then as we were walking towards the church, they continued to set off smaller firecrackers at he the corner and in front of the church. Nick turned and said, 'geez, it's like a warzone.' Yeah, there were definitely more this year than last. Other than that, the procession wasn't bad at all-it was a little warm, but there were a few clouds in the sky, and a significant breeze (last year, as we walked toward the church, the air just seemed to stop flowing-boy was it ever hot!) Oh! And I would like to thank all the families who had water for us in front of there homes-thank you for taking the time to do that-it is very much appreciated!!! :) :)
After the procession we grabbed lunch headed over to Edgewater as usual, but this time we avoided the lake. Instead, we played Bridge-I played Bridge!! Even won a game with my partner! :) I'm still a little hesitant when it comes to bidding, but I'm getting better at it! Anyone for Bridge? :) Hmmm...I might have to created another list, 'you know you are in Italian band when....' one would be you spontaneously start to hum the same music at the same time with other members. When we all sat down to play cards, we started humming the music to Capri (another fun piece that gets stuck in your head...I am sure I'm going to be humming that at work all week...) The evening concert went by rather fast, and we didn't even get rained out! We had our request set (for us to choose what we play) and no one requested La Bella Tonkinese-i'm not sure on the spelling of the last word, but it is basically a clarinet solo with low brass accompaniment-usually requested by the trumpets... :p, those meanies!!! LOL. ;) Good times, good times :) I had fun, but now I am quite worn out! 'nite all! ...zzzzzzzzz..... :)
scarf update: 103/830 rows
Vicki: "Well, of course I know about the Beatles...but, I didn't know they played classical music."
Barbara: "Classical music?!?!"
Ian: "Times change Barbara, (lowers voice slightly) times change."
Play 118!!!
Mt. Carmel-I believe Mt. Carmel was the first major feast that I ever played in with the Italian band (in other words, more than just a procession, and if I remember correctly, when I started, Cuyahoga Falls was not in our schedule yet.) When I started, I remember being warned that we would be playing 118 in the blue books many, many times at Mt. Carmel, 'cause they love it!! At first, I didn't understand what was wrong, but then, when a blue book was handed to me, I saw it-number 118, Onore D'una Banda-with a nasty set of triplets in the very beginning and more throughout the piece. Not to mention the high scale 8th notes at the end (and I was playing second!!) In fact, most of the music falls in the upper part of the scale. Boy, that can really leave a sore lower lip!!! And we certainly played it many times. This year we lucked out-we only played it twice!!
Quick breakdown of events during Mt. Carmel's feast: 1, we play throughout the neighborhood, escorted by a car with some men who organized the festival (well, at least they are a big part of it) and a couple of cops-we usually hit the VFW bar first, get served something to drink, play 118(which is very loud in the bar!!!), and a few others, then hit a couple more houses, and usually the last house we visit, they offer us pizza and drinks! Then when we reach the church, they want us to enter the festival playing 118, which means playing and walking down a very steep hill in the process-very dangerous, especially when wet. We get a break and play 2 sets later in the evening at the festival. The next afternoon is the procession, then a few of us usually get together and head to Edgewater and hang out until the evening concert-which is usually 3 sets.
The first night, as we were playing one of our sets, we noticed that the Cleveland Police Gang unit was there-at least 5, maybe more. They were standing all in a row in front of us, kind of like, as Tina put it, like at a rock concert and we were some rock band. We weren't sure if we should feel safe...or worried. The evening went by with nothing exciting happening, but it was still strange. They were there to keep the fans off of us!! j/k/ ;) BTW, I usually play second, but I am willing to play first if I am needed, and I was! I was upgraded for the weekend! ;) And we played Libiamo, Libiamo, which is a really fun opera piece-i think it's a drinking song. I pointed it out to Persephone and Paul when I heard it in a commercial-but I can't for the life of me remember which one it was... Anyho, even though it's fun to listened to, and i enjoy playing it, the first part is much more fun than the second! I absolutely love the chance to play first part.
Ah, the procession-I think I managed to put on enough sunscreen so I wasn't burned too badly. ;) When we hit our first stop with firecrackers, Nick, our fearless leader who is in fact, Italian- turned to us and said, 'You know, I will never understand the need to set these off and make all this noise.' He says that everytime! Later, Tina said, 'Is it just me, or do they seem to be bigger this year?' After everyone agreed, I said, 'don't we say that every year?' They just keep gettin' bigger and bigger! The last stop is at the corner of the last turn we make-it is usually the longest and the loudest display. The wind had been picking up, and at one point someone shouted 'Incoming!' and we were hit by a wave of thick smoke. Yuck. There was enough overcast and smoke from previous firecrackers that we could see little bits of the color in the smaller fireworks that were set off. Now how sad is that? Then as we were walking towards the church, they continued to set off smaller firecrackers at he the corner and in front of the church. Nick turned and said, 'geez, it's like a warzone.' Yeah, there were definitely more this year than last. Other than that, the procession wasn't bad at all-it was a little warm, but there were a few clouds in the sky, and a significant breeze (last year, as we walked toward the church, the air just seemed to stop flowing-boy was it ever hot!) Oh! And I would like to thank all the families who had water for us in front of there homes-thank you for taking the time to do that-it is very much appreciated!!! :) :)
After the procession we grabbed lunch headed over to Edgewater as usual, but this time we avoided the lake. Instead, we played Bridge-I played Bridge!! Even won a game with my partner! :) I'm still a little hesitant when it comes to bidding, but I'm getting better at it! Anyone for Bridge? :) Hmmm...I might have to created another list, 'you know you are in Italian band when....' one would be you spontaneously start to hum the same music at the same time with other members. When we all sat down to play cards, we started humming the music to Capri (another fun piece that gets stuck in your head...I am sure I'm going to be humming that at work all week...) The evening concert went by rather fast, and we didn't even get rained out! We had our request set (for us to choose what we play) and no one requested La Bella Tonkinese-i'm not sure on the spelling of the last word, but it is basically a clarinet solo with low brass accompaniment-usually requested by the trumpets... :p, those meanies!!! LOL. ;) Good times, good times :) I had fun, but now I am quite worn out! 'nite all! ...zzzzzzzzz..... :)
scarf update: 103/830 rows
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