[TR] The Orchestra (actual Lucas and possibly Triumph content)

[Bob]

On Monday, February 28, 2011 06:46:01 pm John Macartney wrote:
> Hope this little story amuses you as much as it did me when I heard it
> earlier today.
> Had a phone call from one of my contemporaries who I worked with in the
> Export Department at Coventry in the '60's. Like me, Pete is now retired
> and lives in the University city of Oxford. This last weekend, he and his
> wife were given free tickets to something called "An Evening of
> Alternative Music" performed by a number of students of The Oxford Union.
> Taking their seats before the performance, they noticed the 'orchestra'
> comprised two large drum and cymbal sets, four trombones, a harp, tubular
> chimes and - wait for it, six Lucas windtone car horns (of the type fitted
> to sidescreen TR's) wired into three separate pairs and facing three
> microphones. Enormous speakers were scattered around the stage and
> auditorium and all plugged in to a massive amplifier. Presently, the
> performance got underway and for 45 vminutes the audience suffered an
> onslaught of horrendous and nightmarish sound.
> Came the interval and as members of the audience started to recover and
> make a dash for the doors, Pete saw an old man several rows in front
> stagger to his feet and wave his walking stick in the air to which was
> attached a freshly laundered white handkerchief. Grabbing his equally
> ancient wife and shoving her in front of him to one of the gangways, all
> that anyone could hear was the old man shouting, "Okay, okay, we
> surrender!"
> 
> Jonmac
> 
> 
John,

Very funny!

We also attended a concert of UK origin but with much better music I am sure. 
We saw "Rain" and had a great time. No one left early I am sure and if the 
older gent with the walking stick was in attendance I am sure he would have 
been clapping as hard as we were.


Bob