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A Man Who Has Nothing In Particular To Recommend Him Discusses All Sorts of Subjects at Random as Though He Knew Everything
A Man Who Has Nothing In Particular To Recommend Him Discusses All Sorts of Subjects at Random as Though He Knew Everything
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That Is So USA
Good play on words. That’s a photo from alpine Europe, is it not>
Hi Gringo- Thanks for reading and commenting.
That’s an excellent guess, but I believe those are the Rocky Mountains in the background. Ski towns used to mimic the Alps rather more than they do now.
I usta carry around a Sousaphone in school, many, many years ago.
Sousaphone fun facts (we’ll pretend there is such a thing):
Sousaphones were not invented by J.P. Sousa. They were invented by J.W. Pepper, the 1890’s music entrepeneur (also known in Britain as ‘Sargeant Pepper’ [omg, there’s an epiphany hiding out there]) as an improvement over the then current “Helicon” design.
The original design of the Sousaphone had the bell pointed up, and were refered to as ‘raincatchers’ for some reason. (Also, stray coins and random trash. As do the current version.)
I actually prefered an upright concert Tuba, when I could find one with shoulder strap loops.
I have now exhausted my enthusiasm for the subject.
Back in the early 60s I was in my high school’s Twirler ensemble (4 plus a captain) and I just loved twirling my baton and stepping high in my white twirler marching boots (real leather, curved like cowgirl boots at the top, not white vinyl kneehighs) with the big blue tassel hanging off the front. I served as the group’s Captain/Drum Majorette for Junior and Senior year, leading the school’s marching band down the field at home football games, with John Philip Sousa’s energizing music at my back! Blew my whistle to signal left turn for the whole troop when I reached the 50 yd line.
Hi Dr. Dre- Thanks for reading and commenting. I’ve worn a band uniform myself, with majorettes marching in front of me. It’s hard to play Sousa, march, and blow into a trombone without goosing the last majorette in the line, but somehow I managed it.