[Phono-L] This Memorial Day in my home Town

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

Bruce that is absolutely amazing that they turned their noses up at the possibility of a wonderful show & tell for the kids and also the Display at the Historical Society. As you know, non-collectors are really drawn to and fascinated by the sight and sounds of these historical old phonographs, and it really makes no sense that anyone would turn down your offer, but it happens far to often, and I suspect it is out of shear ignorance as to what you really have. I also recently did a couple of weddings, one for was for a small wedding in an elegant room at a 19th Century Sea Captains House in Boston. I had two external horn Victors set up on top of the Grand Piano, and played period 1920's jazz age music as the guests were being seated. Then I played the music for the entrance of the wedding Party, and an original Columbia 1909 band version of the Wedding March from Lohengrin by Wagner, for the entrance of the bride, at the conclusion of the wedding ceremony the Bride & Groom chose "Your the Cream in My Coffee" by Ted Weems & his Orchestra, rather then the traditional Mendolsohn's Wedding March for their exit.. I also played more 20's music during the cocktail hour. It was one of the finest times I have had entertaining with my phonographs and record collection. 
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From: valecnik57-purc at yahoo.com 
To: phono-l at oldcrank.org 
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:43:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Phono-L] This Memorial Day in my home Town 

Congratulations Bruce on successfully organizing the memorial day concert. I have small children and have offered more than one time to do a similar "show and tell" type thing for the children but the school administrators don't seem terribly interested. 

In my home town in Minnesota, the Historical Society built a large, very expensive exhibit building at the fairgrounds and stocked it with old a few old steamer trunks, some circa 1900 farm implements and the most beat up mahogany victrola XVI you've ever seen in your life. They also have a pioneer village with a Drug store there from ~circa 1905-1910. I've offered to set up a broad display in the large building of up to 50 machines or a more targeted display in the drug store,(could be for example only Edison machines of ~1906, 07, 10, 14, 18, etcetera). No interest. 

Closest I've come to your success is about 15 years ago for a friend's wedding I was requested to provide the music. That was pretty cool. I set up a victor V with petaled horn and an electic microphone in front of the horn and provided the music for ~ 100 people for a good part of evening. 

Cheers, 
The other Bruce 

Bruce Johnson 
Pod Valem II, 870 
252 43 Pruhonice 
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