F#-F#-B sting

This article submitted by Ceci M. Perez on 12/2/01.

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F#-F#-B sting

The Tale:

I was playing an outdoor concert for a wedding during the springtime. I was playing a Haydn Trio for two violins and a bass. The two violinists and I were incredibly nervous, for this was our first paid appearance. However, as the wedding went on, we relaxed. It was after a break and we were playing Haydn's Divertimento 12 when a bee started to fly around us. Joseph and Charles were annoyed by it, and they eventually hit it with their bows. But the bee seemed much more interested in me. It kept on flying around me. Finally, following the suite of my friends, I hit it with my bow. The bee was apparently getting sick of being hit by bows, so it stung me in the back. The bride came over later and asked why I was crying in the middle of the piece. She saw where the bee had stung me and took the stinger out with the end of her earring!

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