If you like quirky band kids, musical jokes, and marching fails, this is the book for you. This is all real things that have happened to me as a Trumpet player in my high school's marching band. I hope all you band kids out there can find this funny...
So, we were preparing for chair placements by running through this hard piece, specifically this fast, staccato section. Everyone either came in early, or late, so Mr. J decided to make an analogy to help us. (I'll try my best to quote him)
"So, being wind players, you guys have to blow into your instruments, right?" Everyone nods, and groans, knowing this is going to be dad-jokey, and/or long.
"Well, you guys actually have to put air through your horn a little before you're supposed to play the note. The longer the tubing, the longer it'll take to respond. It's kindof like this difference between driving a MiniCoop, and a Semi." Everyone looks back at Nathan H, because he has a grey Minicoop with a racing stripe down the middle.
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Anyway, Mr. J continues with the analogy, comparing a semi to a tuba, and the Mini Coop to a piccolo. (The whole time, Nathan's freaking out.) Then, he starts to talk about our section
"Trumpets, you guys would be something in between, something like..."
Then Bob stands up, and just YELLS: "A SUBARU OUTBACK" (he has a really old one)
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