“Can you play Trumpet Voluntary?”
“Um, I don’t play trumpet. I play piano.”
“My fiancee likes Trumpet Voluntary. She was wondering if you could maybe play it on the piano while she’s coming down the aisle..”
“Well. I guess if I knew how it sounded, I could try to come as close as a piano can get to trumpets. But I don’t know the song. Do you have the music?”
“No. But it sounds kind of like the theme from Star Wars.”
“Ah ha. I see. Tell ya what. Why don’t I just bring a kazoo, and I can play the Star Wars theme on that.”
::demonstrates effect over the phone::
After he stops laughing, he says (not into the phone), “She says she could play the Star Wars theme on a kazoo.”
Pause.
“Okay, never mind. We’ll just stick with Pachelbel’s Canon in D.”
Thank you very much. I already know that one.
i know canon as well! but only on the kazoo…
love,
luke
Don’t you sometimes feel like that Candid Camera guy is gonna come around a corner and say Gotya?!?
I usually feel that way at least twice a day.
When I get to Henderson on a permanent basis and save enough pennies to buy a piano…you can come teach me to play or something…that would be fun!
Hope you are enjoying your family time.
xoxo
I Don’t Have The Music, But I Can Hum The Refrain For You
I once shot Pachelbel’s canon at a guy playing the Star Wars theme on a kazoo. I missed and hit a group of mimes pretending to play the trumpet.
need a violist?
all i do is arpeggiate
davm
Oh, yeah! I’ve expected to meet the Candid Camera guy many times. One of my best recent episodes was an encounter with the School Counselor from Heck. I honestly felt like I was in a SNL skit. With some people, you have to laugh or you’ll go crazy.
Teaching you to play piano sounds fun! :o)
EZ
When a guy gets his hands on Pachelbel’s canon, he simply can’t refrain.
I’m so sorry I missed that.
As much as I love the way you arpeggiate . . .
I don’t have any say in the adding or subtracting of instruments in someone else’s wedding. But thanks for the offer! :o)
(Did you ever get a cookie?)
Re: As much as I love the way you arpeggiate . . .
more than my share, i assure you
davm