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> Playing Outside..., ... IN A GALE!!!!
Rosemary7391
post Sep 3 2006, 05:33 PM
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Okay, I was playing in a fete today, outside, and it was chaos! I pegged the music to the stand, with as many pegs as I could get on it and a few hanging on the edges anyhow, but that doesn't help when the entire music stand then comes flying towards you... Found some tent pegs for the stand, and went running after the music that had promptly pulled free of the pegs as soon as it could no longer take the stand with it. Re-pegged it, several times, managed to start, then had to stop to catch the music... Whenever I had a hand free I held it down, but that wasn't often enough to stop it going flying. It was so windy I had to peg down my clarinet/sax stand! So, does anyone have any tips for playing in a gale? (or just laugh at my misfortune to be attempting it....)
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post Sep 3 2006, 05:43 PM
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Become a pianist. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) People are much less likly to ask you to play outside if you insist they wheel out a grand piano! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Sep 3 2006, 05:47 PM
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Oh dear, it sounds comical, but I bet it was frustrating (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Sep 3 2006, 05:57 PM
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Definitly! At least it stayed on while I was playing solo...
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post Sep 3 2006, 05:58 PM
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Always play from memory and wear thermal undies! If you can, get the organisers to errect a toilet tent for you so that you can sit out of the wind, but remember to leave the front door open. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:00 PM
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There are 6 in the band, and none of us the type to memorise music! In fact, a lot of it we'd sightread a couple of weeks back...
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:03 PM
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You can have a perspex 'flap' that comes over your music and holds it down.
This doesn't solve the whole stand taking off - nor does it allow for any page turns!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Check the weather forecast? Only play when it's less than Force 1...
Take some friends along to hold your music (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Very difficult.. frustrating too.
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:06 PM
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We don't usually have any page turns during pieces, thankfully( that would have resulted in ripped music!) , and I did TRY and get my dad to hold my music down for me. He was more interested in filming us struggling.
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:08 PM
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That reminds me, I have to play in a truro thingy soon.
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:13 PM
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Have done this many times. The music often blows away so use hair clips. They are better than pegs. I know from experience!
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:14 PM
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take a cement mixer then you can at least cement the music stand to the ground (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:16 PM
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If I have enough left after attempting to keep my hair out of my face/mouth/keywork

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take a cement mixer then you can at least cement the music stand to the ground (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


I would like to take the music stand home again too!
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post Sep 3 2006, 06:20 PM
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I was swaping from sax to clarinet! I had enough trouble trying to remember what instrument I was currently playing, and what instrument I was supposed to be playing next to even think about memorising the music!
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post Sep 3 2006, 07:43 PM
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QUOTE(jazzywench @ Sep 3 2006, 06:43 PM) *

Become a pianist. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) People are much less likly to ask you to play outside if you insist they wheel out a grand piano! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

We did 3 outdoor concerts in Italy. It was pretty windy for one of them. I was playing an electronic stage piano, and had two people to hold my music on the stand at one point - one to hold down the right hand side of the copy and to turn over, and one to hold the left hand side - even then the wind managed to bend the page so I couldn't always see the music, but at least it didn't all blow away. The poor conductor though had no one to hold their music down so they had to conduct with one hand and use the other to hold the music down.
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post Sep 3 2006, 07:48 PM
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Poor you, sounds a bit like a concert we did outside at a school - the music stayed on the stand okish (with the help of a lot of pegs) but the stands kept blowing over, I ended up hanging on to 2 stands at one point - it was really entertaining watching performances because there would be the performer and then 2/3 people hanging onto the stand and music etc. for them! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Such great memories (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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