Granny Tackled
I was playing a gig yesterday which involved a little walking and playing. The group had to walk an indian wedding from the car into the temple. Simple right?
That is until some old granny behind me stumbled over her dress and grabbed the first thing that she could to stop her from falling… me. One minute I’m playing the next I’m playing but have some old woman’s arms around my waist. She fell over with a fair bit of force and was at such an angle that her face was pressed into the small of my back.
It’s a good thing I practice what I preach! If you look at the Lip Flex’s Post I made a few days ago which demonstrates a good playing stance you’ll see that either of the red men would have eaten their mouthpiece and broken there backs should a pensioner decide to tackle them from behind. Thankfully myself and Mr Green Man were fine and I didn’t even miss a note. Not to say I didn’t have a mild look of confusion on my face and see a the look of horror and amusement in the rest of the band’s eyes.
See?? A good posture not only improves your playing but could save your life 🙂
“One minute I’m playing the next I’m playing but have some old woman’s arms around my waist.”
“her face was pressed into the small of my back”
you do realise this was just a ploy- Granny knew what she was doing; she obviously liked the look of the youthful trumpet player in the band and thus positioned herself in such a way that she could get close. And if you study the diagram, she is clearly reaching out before she makes her seemingly accidental fall.
she’s reading this now and chuckling to herself.
Your right!!! It’s true!!
That sly old woman 😛