<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tune a Hamilton studio on an = open stage with very poor lighting in an auditorium filled with Army recruits and = their sergeants having various discussions and enthusiastic "YES, SIR!"s while = a giant floor fan is cranking out a moderate and noisy hurricane, doors are = opening and closing, people coming, going, and asking you questions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I had all but bass unisons done, I = played "Anchors Aweigh." Everyone stopped and was dead silent. My voice, = mysteriously projecting out from behind the piano, said, "I was in the Navy." Big = laugh. Then I played "You're In the Army Now." No reaction; wrong generation. = Realized NOT ONE of the people in that room and very few in the entire U.S. Army were = even alive when I was in the Navy! Ouch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Everyone left just as I was finishing = bass unisons. Piano sounds pretty durn good, if I do say so. One for the = memoirs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. Before someone says, "Why, you = idiot, why didn't you ... " please note that rescheduling wasn't an option and = there was nowhere to move the piano.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>