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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
Your experiences never cease to amaze me.
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One of the perks of never having lived more than 20 miles from one major military installation or another. The "1812" for this performance was a five-minute excerpt. The full version is about 20 minutes long (too long for the intended audience) and quite difficult to conduct. Although Tchaikovsky scored an explicit "cannon" part with a designated rhythm, meant to be played on a large drum, our artillery detail were not musicians. Hence at a certain point in the music we cued the liaison who simply had the soldiers fire at will. You know it's a good performance when you can feel your pant legs wiggle in response to the concussion.
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That's got to be an eye catcher.
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You'd think so. But I always have to explain it.