Word: sousa
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...wrench into the works, though he and his cantankerous supporters tried. When he finally spoke on Wednesday night, his sulfurous podium performance included no endorsement of his party's ticket. Maybe it was resentful party regulars who arranged to have Brown leave the stage to the music of a Sousa march known to most people as the theme from Monty Python's Flying Circus...
...Student Recital--IAP Brass Quintet:Wayne Dempsey, trumpet; Brian Blatnick, trumpet; George Cooley, horn; Kevin Karnes, trombone; and Robert Orr, tuba will perform the works of Ewald, Bach and Sousa. Killian Hall. Friday, Feb. 7. Free...
...melodious instrument is no trombone; nay, it is the most noble, most formidable of the brasses, the B-Flat Sousaphone, named after the distinguished composer and band master, John Philip Sousa. Had you termed the instrument a tuba, I would have been satisfied, as the distinction is not one that the uninitiated often grasp; but classification as a trombonist is more than I can reasonably stomach...
...line, so that a thief can travel only a few blocks before the engine stalls. In the absence of reliable police patrols, neighborhoods band together to hire private armed guards who demand identification from visitors. "There is more fear now than ever before," say sociology professor Luis Garcia de Sousa at the Pontifical Catholic University. "People live with this fear daily, so it has become part of their lives, their culture, like the climate here...
...Rostropovich style: wild flailing of the arms, much tossing of the silvery head, impassioned appeals for more emotion. The audience responded with a standing ovation, rhythmic clapping, showers of carnations. For his fourth encore, Rostropovich burst out with a rousing salute to his new homeland, John Philip Sousa's red, white and blue chestnut, Stars and Stripes Forever. The audience -- including Raisa Gorbachev -- gave one last standing ovation. At a reception afterward at the U.S. Ambassador's residence, Rostropovich greeted friends with kisses and bear hugs and vodka toasts. Asked how he had chosen Stars and Stripes Forever, he grinned...