BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
FREE CONCERT....A PROJECT OF THE JOHN PHILIP SOUSA FOUNDATION.
WOW
1000 ATTENDED THIS EVENT AT HAM HALL ON UNLV CAMPUS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...82 PIECES...FOUR PRECUSSION A HARP AND 77 HORNS...YOU FIGURE...IT WAS GOOD.
GREAT HELPFUL NARRATION FROM PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR GERALD GUILBEAUX AND GREAT ORGANIZATION FROM CONDUCTOR COLONEL JOHN R BOURGEOIS....IF YOU HAVE A MARINE COLONEL IN CHARGE YOU WILL BE A WINNER.
STILL NOT THAT CRAZY ABOUT BANDS BUT WITH THE CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AND TCHAIKOVSKY DANCES FROM THE OPRICHNIK TO END THE FIRST HALF YOU GET A WINNER.
6 MINUTES LATE...USUAL LATE ARRIVALS...CELL PHONES...CELL CAMERAS...SCREAMING KIDS AND PEOPLE CRAWLING OVER YOU TO THEIR SEATS...HARD TO BITCH ON FREE DEAL.
THEY REHEARSED TWICE FRIDAY AND TWICE SATURDAY AND ONCE SUNDAY MORNING...MUSCIANS FROM ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA...WHO PAID ?
LOVELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
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Glad you enjoyed the comment. I was up in the band; it was an awesome experience.
You ask, "Who paid?" The folks on stage! Each of the members of the band paid a fee as well as paid their own airfare and hotel.
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