I'm on my work computer and ran on to this pic, which made me think of a funny story, and in an attempt to correct our blog, I'm posting it here instead of at 'Dubya.'This picture was taken at the Electra Christmas Parade several years back. You can't see in in the picture, but it was sleeting the WHOLE TIME I was playing, and if you know anything about saxophones, you know that cold weather is not good for the reed, pads, and just the horn as a whole. I played FLAT AS CAN BE!!! The funny thing is, they had me play at the end of the parade. I had played a couple of songs and got to 'Silent Night', it was EVERYTHING BUT SILENT, that's for sure! During the first verse, Santa came by on his float with a big ole gas generator running to power the lights on the float and STOPPED right in front of me to wave at the crowd. The fumes were atrocious!! As he was sitting there, the fire siren began to sound. You know, the kind that sound as if we have just learned of a nuclear missile being shot at us from Korea, letting everyone in the state know to take cover. If you've ever been in a small town when there's a fire, you know what I'm talking about. It went on forever and when it quit.... well.... you guest it, the fire trucks started in. I tried so hard to finish the song without laughing through my horn. I've never been asked back since. It was quite an experience. Hope all is well on this fine Wednesday in the Great Southwest!
