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LOST ALL MY MUSIC DURING CONCERT...
THE MISS AMERICA PARADE
Elvis Ain't Worth It...
oh no forgot my trunks!!!!
5 shows of zany mishaps in one!
Re: The Bangkok Recital
Embarassing moment for Lynn Harrell
The Smashed Mello...
A Multi-Disaster Conservatory Concert
Embarrassment Suffered and Averted
Hearing Aid Doesn't Aid
F#-F#-B sting
Stars and Stripes Disaster
I knocked the screen over...
the real truth about Academic Festival
OYC2K Tour: Is that your impression of Bach?
Wait... THAT's not supposed to happen...
Teenagers and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Daily Telegraph clue
Soiled Sacrements
don't make fun of the bass clarinets
No Way to Kill a Tenor!
Revenge for a horrible band instructor
All Strung Out
Shame!
Wrong note Fury
A Conductor's Fury
The Water-bone
Opening Night Sport?
A Head Bangin' Good Time
A "Hole" Lot More Than I Bargained For!
Tymps vs the flute player
"black-out"
The not-so-smart "percussion"
Just nudge me when it's my turn
Does anyone have a Kleenex?
Reputation Goes Out the Window
Sprinkler Hell
The Lady Slims the Blues
highheels are NOT a good thing!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Wagner Has Left the Building
The Conra-alto Clarinet From HELL
TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL PLEASE!!!
The sax section sux
Trouble in the bass section...
More than just a musical tear...
Oops not again!!!!
The fire alarm was Despised...
Disco Damage!
The Musicians Vs. The Sprinklers
A tale of a willing organist.
Backwards into a Building
Daily Telegraph Quick Crossword puns
Riser fun!
Cell phones at the opera...
Organist's Wedding Stuff-Up
The Duck in the Bandroom!!!!!!!!!
This Opera Really Bugs Me!
Even The Weather Gods Were Against Us....
"You Have The Right To Remain Silent....."
The longest drum roll I ever saw or heard of.....
The musical world breathed easier as we played our last ever concert together.....
Stick With Football - Band Is Too Dangerous...
I use to play Clarient utill I was told I had to much....
A little distraction....
Whoops! They've started!
"The Flashing Soprano"
Country pick up gig
Reeds do go boom
Bogies on stage!
Solo played solo
Head banging with Judas Priest
how the mellophone triped
Hey Baby, it's Ludwig Van
The Slippery Slope
The Comatous Chorister
How! Now! A Rat!
One actor's Prescience-
the day pilate didn't come
Pops Concert Jollies
How not to stage a rock concert.
organizor stumps the soprano
Bad to time leave your post
New Model Army - and others
Power goes out twice at a Rush concert
Give and recieve
Emembarrasing moment
Why the back row of a band or orchestra should NEVER be on risers...
Down to the last second.
Who would say that?
Entry qualifications.
Spit valve worry
the piano concert that went horribly wrong
Contra Marching Catastrophy
"Bubble Head" Trips at competition!
one loose screw spoils the whole parade.
Bass Clarinet blues
I can't march--I haven't even played for 10 years
Heels over
Sibelius 1st Symphony Harpist's Nightmare
floor caved in
My big break..what second chairs were made for..
Herts Gilbert and Sullivan society (England)
Local Music Societies Programme foulups.
Classical Guitar Recital.
trombone trouble
Never use "Smoke Machines"!!
Well Duh!
Handel Horror
Ouch
bare naked baby on loose
CATCH ME!!!!!!
Never trust the stage you play on
Touring isn't all fun and games...
Fire alarms and band festivals don't mix.
insult and instigate with words
It's a bassoon-playing stand catcher
Ormandy sayings, www.McFarlandDoubleReed.com.
NEVER CHEW GUM AT A CONCERT!
Super Half Time Disaster
Graduation Disaster
So, when's dinner?
The Bouncing Clarinet
Rockin' Basses
Doesn't the Bass Clarinet have a solo?
When the show is only 8 minutes long, you just can't be stuck in mud!
Harvester!
SEX Only attracts people
Catastrophe Occurs During the 1812 Overture
Why Middle School Ensembles Rehearse So Much
A Great Catch
Downstage is the direction the piano rolls
Sax Problems
I got the spirit of my band director!
The arrested soloist.
The Projectile Drumstick
CHURCH SERVICE OR CHOIR PRACTICE?
First Impressions
nadando en el bosque
Star Spangled Banner with 2 tempos
THe Christmas concert from hell
Where did I leave my tuner?
The Lullaby on Speed
The Band with Abandonment Issues
What makes a band director...
Woopsy
The trombone that farted!!
The Clarinet Section That Did Not Behave
The Bassoon that fell
Rockin Robin really rocked the house
suicidal opera singer is resurected. repeatedly.
The Never-Ending Sonata
A Van Halen Fiasco
IT'S RAINING....BOTTLES??!!
the ultimate FUBAR
THE HOT CONCERT
The World's Deadest Drummer
A Very Moving Tale
Brahms and the Extra Percussion
Interrupting Colonel Gabriel
A minor incident during my audition at Indiana University.
Watch whose instrument you take!
Another "Hallelujah" Chorus faux pas
Concert Disaster Page Disaster
Stockhausen
Richard Baker's moment of decision.
The teacher seeks revenge
Those blood capsules look so real!
The REALLY Quiet English Horn Solo
The great Pablo Casal's first recital
The trombone slide from hell.
Magic Flute Flood
The English Horn solo that was not ot be.
It wasn't Casals! It was Sir Thomas Beecham!
PIANO OVER WENDY
THE CLASSICAL MISHAP
here we come
An embarrassing moment to remember!
The Ultimate bad stage experience
You Won our award.....
Foggy Camalot
Almost died on stage
The Roasted Swan responds!
THE GREAT "OKLAHOMA" DISASTER
Definition of Hemiola
What time is it?
Pablo Casals in action during a Masters Class.
Leaving a Job with (?)Style
This one's about a gross violist.
Cicada conducts concert.
It never fails...
Counting Time -A Performer's Disaster
What in the heck is wrong with this picture?
The great Jazz disaster
Stand up!!!
The Lost People
The Green Day concert fiasco!
Why don't we get drunk and..........
what you get when the page turner doesn't know your piece
Soloist sings wrong song
Beethoven Head Banger
bad experience with Sex Pistols concert in Rio de Janeiro
Smoke on the Water
Swinging Chandeliers
What happens when you hire a "friend" to help with security
Cinderella leaves the ball early.
Greenhouse Effect Chain Reaction - Show Orchestra
One less bass clarinet.
A REAL TRIP
Music Knows No Gender.
The Oboe Solo That Was Not To Be
Piano Head Banger
Flautist in Ineptitude Shocker!
The tenor turns out to be base.
Disaster by Design; Cage II
Shkolnik's Performance of the ScriabinPiano Concerto
Tink!!!
solor high and downplay
NO CELESTE!!
The Green Day Redux
Things you shouldn't try under any circumstances! i.e., DUH!
Flute Train