Alex Wild
Back when we played the 1812 overture in high school, one of the music teachers did the canons by firing shotgun blanks into an oil drum, on stage, and I still can’t believe they let them do that.
Oct 22, 2023 at 1:21amWeb
Show threadGum on China’s ShoeOct 22, 2023
@alexwild Surely someone in the school community in Texas would have owned a cannon?
Show threadAlex WildOct 22, 2023
@ProfundumPhoto Texas, yes. But this was in New York.
Show threadGum on China’s ShoeOct 22, 2023
@alexwild Unlikely someone's going to make a sudden move on the Alamo in New York, so less need for a household cannon.
Show threadAnybody's King (Scrummy)Oct 22, 2023
@ProfundumPhoto @alexwild I remember playing it in Jr high and one of the local cops was firing blanks backstage
Show threadGum on China’s ShoeOct 22, 2023
@scrummy @alexwild Doonesbury from about 1975, after Duke, the newly-appointed Ambassador to China, is invited to an opera in Beijing.
Show threadGum on China’s ShoeOct 22, 2023
@alexwild "A well regulated scool orchestra, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear cannons, shall not be infringed."
Show threadAlex WildOct 22, 2023
@ProfundumPhoto Amen.
Show threadRadixOct 22, 2023
@alexwild one of my most unbelievable anecdotes is that the first time I fired a gun was at a school. The high school had a fully functioning shooting range in the gymnasium building. Late 80s.