Band Trivia Game

[Keith Cullen]

20 points
In middle school, (ok, damnit, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL) our band director quit the profession. For 10 points, What was (is) his name; and 10 more points, What was (is) his NEW job title?

Sharpen those 4H pencils and reply!

[Chris Lott]

RIght! (I'll refrain from calling you a dimwit). I remember having to empty the sousaphone a couple of times to get all the beads out. One bead necklace really startled me as it landed perfectly on the mouthpiece and spun around a couple of times!

[Scott Cullen (BooBoo)]

The number 7 (in miles) comes to mind. I don't remember any drop outs. I recall spending much rehearsal time building our endurance.


Keith Cullen said:

You guys have great memories! :-)

Next Question --
How long (in MILES, Chris!) :-) was the Mardi Gras parade (1978) that led to the Macy's invite? And, (extra credit) How many band, color gaurd, and SSG's dropped out during the parade?

[Scott Cullen (BooBoo)]

This is a flat guess. But is that where the band ate Thanksgiving Dinner?

Leslie Warren Morris said:

Knowing that the answer to the substitute band-director question was correct (in addition to having been there, I knew his family from when I kept his grandkids at the daycare I used to work at) here is a new one, and more related to the NYC trip in 1978

The name "Seaman's Church Institute" - what happened there?

[Linda Gunter]

The parade was 6+ miles and No ONE dropped out. Unlike that snotty 300+group from Pennsylvania that ragged us about our size and then dropped 30 members along the route.

Keith Cullen said:

You guys have great memories! :-)

Next Question --
How long (in MILES, Chris!) :-) was the Mardi Gras parade (1978) that led to the Macy's invite? And, (extra credit) How many band, color gaurd, and SSG's dropped out during the parade?

[Leslie Warren Morris]

Not much chance of catching beads with a piccolo. The best thing about playing the picc was that if it rained or you got tired of carrying it around, you could stick it in the pocket in your coat.

I remember the parade as 7 miles, and nobody dropping out - and some of the chaperones had the squirty water bottles to run up and down through the ranks squirting water in your mouth every so often to make sure you made it through to the end.

Chris Lott said:

Ah, these questions are way over my head. Either you guys are taking some kind of memory enhancement vitamin regimen, or I have an especially dull memory (more likely). To balance things out, here's an easy question, hopefully even dimwits can answer:

What hazard did us Sousaphone players bravely endure during the entire TBD (see previous question) miles of the Maris Gras parade?

[Leslie Warren Morris]

That is correct. It wasn't as good as home, but it was way better than the mass-produced spaghetti we had the first night, and the "rare" burgers/fried chicken we had at Brewburgers.

Scott Cullen (BooBoo) said:

This is a flat guess. But is that where the band ate Thanksgiving Dinner?

Leslie Warren Morris said:

Knowing that the answer to the substitute band-director question was correct (in addition to having been there, I knew his family from when I kept his grandkids at the daycare I used to work at) here is a new one, and more related to the NYC trip in 1978

The name "Seaman's Church Institute" - what happened there?

[Scott Cullen (BooBoo)]

Here's one. There were three 3 stars which read Pride, Perfection, and Professionalism over the podium in the old band room. (I created a reasonable facsimile on the masthead here) Who designed/painted those plywood stars? If I remember right, he also worked on our portable field podium.

[Leslie Warren Morris]

This is just a guess, but since he did a lot of other artistic stuff, Keith Burton?

Scott Cullen (BooBoo) said:

Here's one. There were three 3 stars which read Pride, Perfection, and Professionalism over the podium in the old band room. (I created a reasonable facsimile on the masthead here) Who designed/painted those plywood stars? If I remember right, he also worked on our portable field podium.

[Scott Cullen (BooBoo)]

Correct. Class of '77, I think. Now I need to think of another question.

Leslie Warren Morris said:

This is just a guess, but since he did a lot of other artistic stuff, Keith Burton?

Scott Cullen (BooBoo) said:

Here's one. There were three 3 stars which read Pride, Perfection, and Professionalism over the podium in the old band room. (I created a reasonable facsimile on the masthead here) Who designed/painted those plywood stars? If I remember right, he also worked on our portable field podium.

[Leslie Warren Morris]

Thought it must be Burton. Mr. Morrow tried hard to improve on the band's appearance. He was the one who said the original ascots looked like "A lace handkerchief looped through a shoelace tied around your neck."

Scott Cullen (BooBoo) said:

Correct. Class of '77, I think. Now I need to think of another question.

Leslie Warren Morris said:

This is just a guess, but since he did a lot of other artistic stuff, Keith Burton?

Scott Cullen (BooBoo) said:

Here's one. There were three 3 stars which read Pride, Perfection, and Professionalism over the podium in the old band room. (I created a reasonable facsimile on the masthead here) Who designed/painted those plywood stars? If I remember right, he also worked on our portable field podium.

[Leslie Warren Morris]

When we were in New Orleans, we got to ride on a riverboat. We saw the Natchez and Delta Queen, which looked like riverboats, but the one we road on looked more like the Hindenburg only upside-down. Anybody remember the name of the boat?

[Linda Gunter]

Next question, big points!:
We visited Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas pageant. What was the name of the oddly incongruent movie that was shown?